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product_id: 913326
title: "WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia"
brand: "pandigital"
price: "$U95"
currency: UYU
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
url: https://www.desertcart.uy/products/913326-wikireader-pocket-wikipedia
store_origin: UY
region: Uruguay
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# WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia

**Brand:** pandigital
**Price:** $U95
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** WikiReader Pocket Wikipedia by pandigital
- **How much does it cost?** $U95 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## 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

## 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)
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## 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

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb & Superlative
*by N***L on January 6, 2010*

To have so much knowledge in such a small package is marvellous. I love that it switches on in less than half a second, with its' keyboard ready and waiting for you to expand your knowledge. There's no "connecting, please wait" no digging around in sub menus, it's just; Go!The screen has excellent clarity in good light [and I wholeheartedly endorse the lack of a backlight - battery life (and simplicity?) is paramount here], you don't expect a book to be self illuminating, right?The glass screen helps both the quality-product feel for a device that is so low-cost and it aids intuitive touch-screen scrolling and typing.Of the three(!) buttons, the "History" is the one I use most; as I read through an entry I keep finding new links I want to refer back to, which you can "collect" with just a tap of the new link (which takes you immediately to it). I switch back to the original topic (using "History") at exactly the place I left it, but now with a pile of "new" and related topics awaiting further exploration once I'm finished!I could go on, but suffice to say....in brief; speedy, small, robust, beautiful, FUN!It has not left my side since Christmas - it's always ready with fascinating reading material and fresh knowledge. As a bloke in his thirties should I be getting this hooked on something this small and shiny..? Yes!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 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.

### ⭐ I Bought four but none work!
*by R***G on July 2, 2013*

I was given a Wikireader for Christmas and thought it was wonderful. I just bought Four more for gifts and none of them work. I am trying to get help but the process is trying . It is a problem with the item, not Amazon. One does show a screen but just says "No Wiki Found". Another wont go past the first Title screen. It seems a poorly made product with no testing before shipping. I only paid 1l bucks for it and would gladly pay more for one that works. Plesas help me get the word to the company. I highly recommended one to a cardiologist friend and thought he was doing something wrong when he called, but he brought his over and it did not work. My four came later and none worked, and I do know how.

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