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An offline wikitravel would be incredibly useful for travelers. I haven't found this yet so I built an offline wikitravel for android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.heliod.eutravelgui...

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I use the Wikireader (from OpenMoko) when traveling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikireader I find it very useful, especially on the longer wall-socketless cycling trips.

You can stick both wikipedia and wiktionary on it. Quite possibly also Wikitravel, if they provide dumps.

Wikitravel is available -- wget http://wrmlbeta.s3.amazonaws.com and you'll see all the dumps they have available, e.g.:

http://wrmlbeta.s3.amazonaws.com/entrav-20111105.7z.001

In the age of nearly unlimited connectivity, I still find my Wikireader an invaluable device when traveling.

for Android there's also iTravelFree (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rezendi.itravel).

But you're right, waiting forward for the offline HTML5 Wikitravel app. Now with antimatter15's script it's only a matter of time and goodwill :)

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