This week, Apple chose the Articles application as the application of the week in the AppStore. Articles allows iDevices users to search for articles on the famous Wikipedia website directly from their own iDevice without opening Safari. Articles offers us easy and fast access to one of the largest informational databases in the world and all without having to enter a term in the search box in the application.
Here are the main features of the application:
- 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
- Search text in the currently open article
- Mark interesting entries you want to read in the future
- 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 Clipboard
- 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
- Table of Contents sheet
- Automatic text hyphenation, available only on iOS 4.2 or later
- Print articles and images using AirPrint
- Articles are fully compatible with iOS 4 and the Retina display
Initial price:
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Name:
Articles – The Wikipedia App
Articles – The Wikipedia App
0.79
Developer: Sophia Teutschler
Category: References
Description: ON SALE, LIMITED TIME ONLY!
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 abo…
The size of the application is: 3.4 Mb
