Just tried it out... font is a little too big and makes it kind of difficult to read. You can't zoom in or out and the one entry i tried out (united states) was formatted kind of strangely. A wiki search bookmarklet is probably what I'll try next.

envador

At last! Thanks for finding this, Adam!
Typing site:en.wikipedia.org into the google search has been getting old.

The Amazing Ant

My wife was actually looking for a free wikipedia app for her iPhone. Thanks.

BloggyMcBlogBlog

[wapedia.mobi] works well for me on my pda/phone....

Joel

I've had good luck with Wapedia ([wapedia.mobi])

It worked well on my Treo and also is great on my new iPhone. It's fast enough to work with or without 3G.

bradmccormick

Comoki has a wikipedia webapp that i've liked for quite sometime.

IN addtion, the google app thru the itunes store allows one to choose wikipedia as it's engine.

bdubs1975

Since day one with my 3G, I've had [mobile.wikipedia.org] bookmarked on my home screen and it's been fine. Actually, I like the site better than this app.

Paul D

Man, You know you gotta give kudos for apple for including the direct link into the itunes for every item you bloggers should be thankful you don;t have to type: search Wikipanion on itunes lol

Charli Wag

Excellent start, however it needs some improvement.

First, the font needs to be smaller to make reading easier.

Second, it needs to handle caching better. It does not cache images, and it only caches the current article. It would be a significant improvement if it could cache and organize several articles for offline reading--essential on an iPod Touch.

I'm biased as I am a HUGE proponent of Wiki2Touch, the offline Wikipedia reader on my Jailbroken iPod Touch. Simply put, having access to the text version of 2.5 million articles anywhere, any time is simply amazing. Yes, it eats 4GB of storage space, but come on...2.5 million articles!

Anyway, Wikipanion has huge potential if it could provide for better offline use.

That said, online, it's quick and easy to navigate.

jbarr

Looks promising. I'll have to check out the google app to see how easy it is to use Wikipedia as its search engine.

Michael@ Awareness * Connection

Yeah since google app has wikipedia as an option (thanks for the tip@bdubs1975) I think I'll stick with that unless I hear that there is some glaring difference.

Michael@ Awareness * Connection

Sounds like great news for the iPhone/iTouch crew...

There's a gap though: I've had the ebooks/linux wikipedia on my 3rd Gen iPod since LH put it up here... but that project seems to have stopped, leaving all my friends with Video or Classic iPods whining about why I can't help them get wikipedia on their iPods. Does anyone know if offline wikipedia is available on newer iPods yet?? (I'm gonna want it when I upgrade too!)

JuniorBruce

Go to [en.wikipedia.7val.com]

Works on any mobile web browser, and its free!

Why is it that whenever iPhone folks figure out something that other smartphone users have been doing for years on Palm or Windows Mobile, they have to sh!t the bed over it?

virgilstar

Oh, good, now the Web site that demonstrates the fallibility of the "many minds are better than one" concept can be combined with the "more expensive and less capable is better" phone.

Now it will be so much easier to spot the technological ignoramuses who think that iPhone and Wikipedia are the best things ever invented.

Deadhacker

Nice app, and the price is right, but it feels like a beta.

Using the "bookmarks" icon for anchors and the "external action" icon for "categories" are both unintuitive and confusing.

Needs increase/decrease font-size buttons (the free Shakespeare app implements this really nicely and unobtrusively) - likewise top-third/bottom-third single-tap scrolling, which this app could use.

Significant bug: doesn't transparently follow redirects for incorrect capitalization: a search for "Mick jagger" took me to a very poorly formatted redirect page that linked me to the article for "Mick Jagger" - great, guys, but if there's only one search result or only one destination, or a friggin redirect that my browser would follow automatically, don't make me click on a link.

I agree with @jbarr that better cache handling is a must.

I miss the collapsible sections in Comoki's webapp - wish they'd make a fast native app.

For now, I think [wikipedia.comoki.com] and [powerset.com] are the best Wikipedia apps for iPhone/iPod.

myrrh

For iPhone/iPod touch users, Comoki's got a fantastic webapp at [wikipedia.comoki.com] I've used it since it came out, and it's absolutely excellent.

agentmsft

I use Wikipedia everyday to search for a lot of different topics. Wikipanion will definitely help out a lot when I want to find out information quickly on my iPhone. There are not many sites out there that compare with the amount of information that Wikipedia provides.

supremebuy

The Comoki app is the best I've seen so far -- the collapsible sections and zooming images are just ace. The only problem is that their server seems to be down more often than it's up.

Jordan117