Query Wikipedia via text message

By on August 7, 2007 in Services

Picture 92Link: Micro Persuasion: Search Wikipedia and RSS News Feeds via SMS

GoLiveMobile has set up a way to query Wikipedia via text messages using their Text2WAP technology. All you need to do is send a text message to the number 23907 with the word ABOUT followed by your search topic – e.g. ABOUT WIKIPEDIA. You will then get a link back to a special mobile-friendly version of the Wikipeida entry.

Alas this looks like a US-only service but, all the same, I like the concept. I would quite happily send a text message to get back the link rather than arse about opening browsers and entering web addresses.

I had a look on the GoLiveMobile site but didn’t see anything about this.

(But if you’ve got Opera on your handset, you can automatically query Wikipedia from it’s search facility).

(Thanks to Fox Mulder and Lifehacker)

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  • http://invalid.name Dan Lane

    You can already query Wikipedia via the student-powered networks of ANSA, 82ASK, AQA or any one of the numerous similar services that have popped up.

    :P

  • http://www.mobilitysite.com psionandy

    Any decent browser.. Opera Mobile, Opera Mini, Netfront, Minimo, Pocket Internet explorer will let you browse wikipedia..
    oh the choice you have with windows mobile ;)

  • tood

    Tried this 4 times with very common subjects and got nothing each time.

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