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Wikihood for iPad
NextAroundYou

December 15th, 2010



Price: Free

Category: Travel

Updated: Dec 15, 2010

Version: 1.3.3

Size: 3.0 MB

Seller: Dr. Stephan Gillmeier

Rated 9+

Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.


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Description

Wikihood for iPad!

Experience a brand new Wikihood, fully redesigned for iPad, with lots of extra information and a compelling visual design.
Dive into the world of Wikipedia information around you with high-res images and densely packed information.

What our customers say about us (Wikihood iPhone):
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- "You can't get more! I have been living here for 40 years and I did not know all this information. Simply great, thanks!"
- "This app is the greatest I have loaded onto my iPhone!"
- "You are somewhere, start the app and immediately know everything about your location. Marvelous!!"
- "This app is crazy!! Tools like this make the iPhone valuable! It's some kind of augmented reality!"
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And here's what the press says about us (Wikihood iPhone):
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- MACWORLD: "Wikihood turns every trip into an educational journey..."
- PC MAGAZINE: "Wikihood should not be lacking on any iPhone!"
- CHIP ONLINE: "Conclusion: Wikihood is an interessting app for the iPhone, which supersedes many travel guides."
- IPHONE MAGAZINE: "Expensive travel guides and the like are no longer needed."
- IPHONE BLOG: "... who needs a boring travel guide any longer?"
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What are the most important sights to see around me?
What do others find interesting here?
Is there a museum, a castle, a parc or church nearby?
What persons are connected with this place?
Did a historic battle happen at this place?

Wikihood knows the answers to questions like these and more.

Wikihood intelligently organizes Wikipedia information for any place in the world using advanced semantic data mining.
Within a few clicks you not only get access to all the locations around you, but also the vast information related to these locations categorized by "persons" and "culture/buildings".

At a glance you see:
- Which locations are closest to you;
- What are the most important locations around you;
- What others find interesting in the proximity (15.000+ ratings)
- How to get to a location using the map.

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AND ... Wikihood has a bigger brother - Wikihood Plus:
Wikihood Plus offers everything you like from Wikihood PLUS lots more articles:
- 2 extra categories "economy" and "geography" featuring over 100.000 additional articles!!
- Wikihood has built-in search functionality for Wikipedia!
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!!!!!!!!!!!! We updated our data (17.07) !!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's New in Version 1.3.3

- bugfixes

Customer Reviews

Wonderful (5 stars)
This app is a fun and unbelievably creative way to learn about any place you're interested in. We are all so spoiled to have this technology at our fingertip's whim. Thanks Wikipedia! :)

Nice app (4 stars)
Good app for a spur of the moment road trip. To find sights of interest.

Fantastic app (4 stars)
This is the future of the travel guide!

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