Kindle Basics #12: Searching Wikipedia

As I’ve said before, one of the most wonderful things about the Kindle is the ability to search the internet. One of the benefits of this is having instant access to Wikipedia.org. To search Wikipedia on your Kindle, navigate to the Experimental Web Browser (make sure your wireless switch is on!). For help on how to do this, check out our previous post.

Your bookmarks page already contains a link to Wikipedia. However, you can also enter in the URL by clicking on the Enter URL in the upper right hand corner. Once you’re on Wikipedia’s home page, you can click search next to the “Jump to” navigation, search” line near the top.

There’s also a handy Kindle shortcut to search Wikipedia.

Happy searching!

UPDATE (3/25/09): This process is the same for Kindle 2 with the small exception that there is no longer a wireless switch – you can turn your wireless on and off via the Menu button and choosing Turn Wireless On or Turn Wireless Off from the menu.