Wikipedia might get contrary press arguing that it’s content isn’t as accurate as, say, Encyclopedia Britannica, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a fantastic resource and a great way to lose an hour or two following link trails.  Now you can have such fun on your iPod Touch (or iPhone, for that matter) whether in the doctors’ surgery, on the train or in a cave, thanks to Patrick Collinson’s guide to installing the full English or German versions onto your PMP.  

Of course, even though Patrick has stripped out much of the extraneous linkage, imagery and unnecessary code, as well as compressing it all down, you’ll need around 2GB of storage space to keep it all.  This is one of those times when a new 32GB iPod Touch would be handy - if you’ve only got a 4GB iPhone to play with, this perhaps isn’t the hack for you!

It’s early days for the project and stability isn’t 100% yet, but it does at least free you from the tyranny of needing a wireless connection. 

[via MY iTablet]