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The fount of all user-generated knowledge, Wikipedia, will be working with European carrier Orange to mobilize their online encyclopaedia. The exact format Wikipedia will take is a bit vague right now, but it sounds like the vast majority of the services will be web-based. That means search bars in official Orange mobile web portals and context-pertinent Wikipedia links in mobile destinations. Third parties have provided a lot of Wikipedia functions already, but the foundation has been making its own official, tentative steps into the mobile world lately with a mobile version of their website released over the winter.
Between this deal with Orange, their involvement with the Palm Pre, and the potential for future manufacturer/carrier partnerships, Wikipedia will start becoming a common sight in mobile. They might not be moving as fast as, say, Google, but I think we’ll take what we can get. France, UK, Spain and Poland will be the first to get the Wiki treatment through Orange, with more likely to follow.
[Orange via Cellular News]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
