On 12 December 2012 00:22, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote:
> David Gerard wrote:

>> OTOH, see recent coverage of Wikipedia in Africa, where it's basically
>> going to be on phones. Cheap shitty smartphones. That the kids are
>> *desperate* to get Wikipedia on. Do we want to make those readers into
>> editors? It'd be nice.

> Have a link? 'Cheap smartphone' seems a contradiction.


$50 Huawei phones running an ancient Android and only getting cheaper.
Jimbo's all about them.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/50-android-smartphones-are-disrupting-africa-much-faster-than-you-think-says-wikipedias-jimmy-wales/


> I think there is a field for mobiles and one for desktop. You could do
> one tasks from the other? Probably, but not as well as if you used the
> right tool*.


You're assuming from the position of someone who can assume a
general-purpose computer with a good Internet connection.


- d.

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