--- product_id: 913326 title: "WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia" brand: "pandigital" price: "£1.87" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/913326-wikireader-pocket-wikipedia store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia **Brand:** pandigital **Price:** £1.87 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia by pandigital - **How much does it cost?** £1.87 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/913326-wikireader-pocket-wikipedia) ## Best For - pandigital enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted pandigital brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description WikiReader delivers the joy of information by offering three million Wikipedia articles in one simple $99 handheld device. It turns on instantly and runs for months before its two AAA batteries need to be replaced. The large monochrome screen uses a touch interface. Articles scroll with a swipe of the finger and hyperlinks are selected with a simple tap. Three buttons—search, history, and random—offer the convenience of reading specific topics or the serendipitous pleasure of discovering something by chance within Wikipedia's rich array of articles ranging from Freud to Final Fantasy. Updates for WikiReader are provided quarterly and are available for free download. An annual subscription plan for updated microSD cards is also available for $29. For more information, including news, videos, and updates, Google for: The WikiReader Review: Great device, unusable as delivered, data corrupt on provided microSD card - Device shipped with corrupted 4GB microSD card and was unusable. Booted to logo, then did nothing. Tried to load latest Wikipedia export on existing microSD card but it is greater than 4GB by itself. Bought 16GB microSD card to replace shipped card (~$11), loaded Wikipedia, Wikitionary, WikiQuote, WikiTravel, WikiHow, Wookiepedia, Appropedia, and Project Gutenburg content on 16GB card (~9GB used) and everything worked fine. Great product, except it shipped in an unusable state and required an additional purchase to enable it. Functionally it works well. Provides rudimentary search (title only) of current library (you have to switch to the library you want to search and can only search one at a time...) As some have said, a bit tedious for long articles (navigation via links through the article's table of contents would be useful here... Review: Amazing Little Gadget - Handy to have Around - The WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia is a great little gadget. I find myself using it almost daily since I received it from desertcart about 6 months ago. It is much easier than powering up my laptop or getting out my tablet and the screen, though small, is certainly bigger than my smartphone. It is just a great little information powerhouse to have around. The screen measures about 3 3/4 of inch as a square and almost 5 inches diagonally. The screen itself is about 3 5/8 of an inch diagonally. That makes for a fairly large reading surface. The housing around the screen face is a white plastic. It seems moderately solid and sturdy, but I am not sure how it would hold up in a waist-high drop. And the glass screen certainly would not fare as well as the casing. Even more reason for me to be careful when using this WikiReader. In my tests of the unit, it has performed outstanding. Other than a slight delay it takes to load a topic (I guess from searching and loading one of the 3 million topics) the unit performs very well. The screen, in a well-lit area, is easy to read and the type is easy for my eyes to adjust in such well-lit areas. The on button is on the upper right lower side. It is very easy to find even if I am not looking for its position. The front of the device has the WikiReader logo and 3 buttons, from left to right: search, history and random. The search button does exactly as it indicates. A keyboard pops-up so I can enter search terms. I found the keyboard a bit small for my fingers, so I use a stylus with the keyboard - this seems to work out very well. The history button is very convenient, it lets me see at a glance all the pages I have visited on the WikiReader in chronological order. The random button is intriguing, if I just want to browse with no particular topic in mind, I hit the random button and it brings up any number of topics I would never search for with the search button. I have discovered some very interesting topics using this button. I was a bit anxious when I realized that Pandigital was the purveyor of this WikiReader. From what I had heard before purchasing this unit, Pandigital was not known for its quality products, however, that has not been the case with this device. The construction build of this unit is first rate. I speculate that the backers of this unit, and Wikipedia, imposed some pretty stringent manufacturing specifications for this gadget. It is a well-built unit. I have been using this small wonder for a little over six months, and it is one of those items where I state: What did I do before I found this device? Hope you enjoy it as much. Oh, one last item, kind of on a down note. I downloaded the update software from [...] for the free Update Application downloads to my PC for convenient transferring updates to my WikiReader. I downloaded the .zip file and installed the software, but I am unable to get the application to run. I plan on contacting WikiReader to determine what I have done wrong in my installation. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B002N5521W | | Battery Average Life | 30 days | | Battery Description | AAA | | Battery Life | 30 days | | Bluetooth support? | No | | Brand | PanDigital | | Connectivity Technology | Wi-Fi | | Customer Reviews | 3.4 out of 5 stars 93 Reviews | | Display resolution | 1024 x 768 | | File Format | HTML | | Human-Interface Input | Touchscreen | | Item Weight | 4.48 ounces | | Manufacturer | Openmoko | | Memory Storage Capacity | 32 GB | | Mfr Part Number | PANREADER | | Model Name | Pocket | | Model Number | PANREADER | | Native Resolution | 1024 x 768 | | Night vision | No | ## Product Details - **Brand:** PanDigital - **Display Technology:** Electronic Ink - **Connectivity Technology:** Wi-Fi - **Memory Storage Capacity:** 32 GB - **Battery Life:** 3E+1 days - **Display resolution:** 1024 x 768 - **Item Weight:** 0.28 Pounds - **Supported File Format:** HTML - **Special Feature:** Touch Screen - **Battery Description:** AAA ## Images ![WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91eBhBjwi0L.jpg) ![WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Twav34o5L.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: I have one from 2009 is this a 2013 or do i just buy a card to update** A: First of all, I love this gizmo. When I sent for an update card I received a new up to date unit for the price. Either way, it is a deal. **Q: can my daughter use this as a dictionary for school?** A: If it is allowed in schools, it makes a wonderful dictionary. **Q: I just bougt a wikireader; received it today. installed batteries; it turned on but won't go past "wikireader:wikipedia in pocket page". help! or can** A: Very odd. There is a micro SD card in there. Or there should be. If not, that's a major problem. The database is on the card. Another possibility is folks send horrendously powerful magnets in the mail. I got a temp/RH meter and they put two neodimuim magnets in it to stick to your fridge. Gazzillions of gauss overkill. I had to crack the plastic housing to get the magents out (nowhere to grab them; they were flush to housing AND adhesived to it. Now if this item I speak of was mailed to you with your WikiReader, I would not be surprised if it trashed the SD card. Lastly I'll mention one thing. If you chord the power-on switch with one of the other buttons the device does some other non-Wiki things. Calculator is one. Others tell you battery voltage. Or set contrast. OK one more final thing. There's a go-back "button" -- but note the scare quotes are on button. Bottom left corner of SCREEN pushed with your finger goes back one step to article where you were before. But 1 getting the go-back to register isn't easy and 2 make sure there is no hyperlink anywhere near that corner if you're going to use it as a go-back. All the once-its-working stuff you don't care about now I suppose. One thing you might try -- in addition to the obvious checking to see if the card is present -- is to CHORD the on button while pressing one of the front buttons. If the device isn't damaged, I believe those programs don't reside on the SD card. It'd be a way to see if the device itself is OK. **Q: Is updated to 2014** A: The best way to get new content is to: 1) remove the memory card; 2) put it in an adaptor and insert it into your computer; 3) go to the Wikireader website; 4) download the most updated content. It is pretty easy. If this doesn't work with the memory card that came with your Wikireader, then you might need to buy a new memory card. It might be a bad card. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great device, unusable as delivered, data corrupt on provided microSD card *by D***E on April 17, 2013* Device shipped with corrupted 4GB microSD card and was unusable. Booted to logo, then did nothing. Tried to load latest Wikipedia export on existing microSD card but it is greater than 4GB by itself. Bought 16GB microSD card to replace shipped card (~$11), loaded Wikipedia, Wikitionary, WikiQuote, WikiTravel, WikiHow, Wookiepedia, Appropedia, and Project Gutenburg content on 16GB card (~9GB used) and everything worked fine. Great product, except it shipped in an unusable state and required an additional purchase to enable it. Functionally it works well. Provides rudimentary search (title only) of current library (you have to switch to the library you want to search and can only search one at a time...) As some have said, a bit tedious for long articles (navigation via links through the article's table of contents would be useful here... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Little Gadget - Handy to have Around *by P***Q on August 4, 2012* The WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia is a great little gadget. I find myself using it almost daily since I received it from Amazon about 6 months ago. It is much easier than powering up my laptop or getting out my tablet and the screen, though small, is certainly bigger than my smartphone. It is just a great little information powerhouse to have around. The screen measures about 3 3/4 of inch as a square and almost 5 inches diagonally. The screen itself is about 3 5/8 of an inch diagonally. That makes for a fairly large reading surface. The housing around the screen face is a white plastic. It seems moderately solid and sturdy, but I am not sure how it would hold up in a waist-high drop. And the glass screen certainly would not fare as well as the casing. Even more reason for me to be careful when using this WikiReader. In my tests of the unit, it has performed outstanding. Other than a slight delay it takes to load a topic (I guess from searching and loading one of the 3 million topics) the unit performs very well. The screen, in a well-lit area, is easy to read and the type is easy for my eyes to adjust in such well-lit areas. The on button is on the upper right lower side. It is very easy to find even if I am not looking for its position. The front of the device has the WikiReader logo and 3 buttons, from left to right: search, history and random. The search button does exactly as it indicates. A keyboard pops-up so I can enter search terms. I found the keyboard a bit small for my fingers, so I use a stylus with the keyboard - this seems to work out very well. The history button is very convenient, it lets me see at a glance all the pages I have visited on the WikiReader in chronological order. The random button is intriguing, if I just want to browse with no particular topic in mind, I hit the random button and it brings up any number of topics I would never search for with the search button. I have discovered some very interesting topics using this button. I was a bit anxious when I realized that Pandigital was the purveyor of this WikiReader. From what I had heard before purchasing this unit, Pandigital was not known for its quality products, however, that has not been the case with this device. The construction build of this unit is first rate. I speculate that the backers of this unit, and Wikipedia, imposed some pretty stringent manufacturing specifications for this gadget. It is a well-built unit. I have been using this small wonder for a little over six months, and it is one of those items where I state: What did I do before I found this device? Hope you enjoy it as much. Oh, one last item, kind of on a down note. I downloaded the update software from [...] for the free Update Application downloads to my PC for convenient transferring updates to my WikiReader. I downloaded the .zip file and installed the software, but I am unable to get the application to run. I plan on contacting WikiReader to determine what I have done wrong in my installation. ### ⭐ Defective product *by L***I on September 5, 2013* The item worked fine for the first 2 times I tried to look something up but then it started displaying "No Wiki found"- as if the device is empty! I emailed the manufacturer at thewikireader.com, but their website says they only provide support for devices purchased directly through them- they never responded to my customer support request. 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