Articles
By Sophiestication Software
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Description
Articles lets you easily read and discover Wikipedia Articles on your iPhone and iPod touch.
Just enter a search term and let Articles find the Wikipedia entry you are looking for. Use the integrated maps feature to learn about interesting places and historic events around your current location, or anywhere else in the world. Or simply shake your device and let Articles find an entry for you.
Articles recently won the 2010 Apple Design Award!
FEATURES
– Articles features a one-of-a-kind presentation of Wikipedia articles, perfectly optimized for your iPhone and iPod touch
– A unique, chapter index control to skim through the whole article in an instant
– Switch between different Article translations with the Language Picker
– Find articles by title or content and select the Wikipedia language you are interested in
– Automatic spelling suggestions for your search text
– Use maps to learn more about nearby places
– Discover articles around the globe using maps
– "Surprise Me!" feature
– Tap on image previews to zoom in for more detail
– Rotate your device to see article photos in landscape and pinch to zoom in
– Easily share an article link by mail and copy photos to your Camera Roll or Pasteboard
– Pull down the article view to lock the current screen orientation
– Pinch to increase and decrease the article text size
– Access recently viewed articles when offline
– Manage article bookmarks in folders and separate pages like in Safari
– Quickly lookup recently viewed articles by day
– A Table of Contents Sheet
– Articles is fully compatible with iOS 4 and the Retina Display
TIPS
– Double-tap (and hold) on the article to display the Chapter Index control
– Tap the status bar to scroll back to the search bar
– Pinch the article view to increase or decrease the text size
– Pull down the article view to lock or unlock the current screen orientation
– Tap-and-hold a link to open an article in a new page
– Shake your device to open a random article
– Tap and hold on text to copy and paste article content
What's New In Version 1.3
– A Language Picker to switch between different Article translations
– A Table of Contents Sheet
– The Lock Orientation is now available on all devices again
– Minor changes
If you like Articles, please rate it 5-stars in iTunes every time an update comes out!
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Customer Reviews
Very nice but lacking compared to Wikipanion
Content rendering is done very well and having multiple pages and bookmarks is great. However I see no settings or options to be had. For example changing the font to a sans serif. Wikipanion in comparison is more feature complete and more flexible. While it may only just load the mobile version of the Wikipedia website and cannot have multiple pages (which is rather annoying) I don't think Articles is ready to replace it quite yet.
Almost Good
As a long time Wikipanion user, I thought I'd offer a comparison. This app is better at displaying the article, Wikipanion is better at everything else. While this app is supposed to have a new cool way to navigate through the sections, in the end it is pretty lame. I wNt to navigate to a specific section not scroll through sections. Wikipanion's TOC wins hands down. You cannot save articles either which is a key feature in Wikipanion for me. So, if you want a TOC or the ability to savefor off line use, skip this one or wait for updates.
Great UI, some tweaks needed still
Awesome start!!
It needs Search within article, and an article overview with collapsable headings. Then it'll be complete :-)
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$2.99
- Category: Reference
- Updated:Jul 16, 2010
- Current Version:1.3
- 1.3 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
- 2.0 MB
- Languages:English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Seller:Sophia Teutschler
- © 2008-2010 Sophia Teutschler
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
