The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the release of the official Wikipedia application for the iPhone, one which will join the scores of other such apps currently in App store.

The 1.6MB app will allow users to read the notoriously long articles in a special visual format for Apple's smartphone.

In a nutshell, it is a simple wrapper for the mobile version of the online dictionary which is available at http://mobile.wikipedia.org/. You won't be able to modify the website although you will be able to access the search history.

More: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/8/20/official-iphone-app-wikipedia-launched/

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