User:Florian.A

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My name is Florian Amrhein.

I am the owner of wapedia.org, a project that gives mobile phones and PDAs access to the wikipedia.

URL: http://en.wapedia.org

See http://www.en.wapedia.org for more information.

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Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse.

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This user is able to contribute with an intermediate level of English.

[edit] Wapedia

Having started in August 2004, Wapedia brings the contents of Wikipedia to mobile devices like mobile phones and PDAs. It offers the recent version of every article, which is done by using a combination of a proxy-like behavior and a local article database. This combination provides fast speed and up-to-date articles on the one hand, and a low load and low traffic for the Wikipedia servers on the other hand.

[edit] Features

Long pages are divided into smaller chunks to fit into the small displays of mobile phones.
Images are scaled down to the resolution of the mobile device.
Fast search engine, independent from Wikipedia servers
Supports WML and modern XHTML Mobile formats, with an autodetection of the best format for each device.
Several languages - additional languages can be added by request.
Delivers current versions of articles.
A local article database provides full service and high speed, even if the Wikipedia servers don't respond or aren't fast enough.