According to new digging from 9to5Mac, Wikipedia is likely to be added as one of the default search engines for Safari on the iPad as well as upcoming versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The code is seen in the iPhone 3.2 SDK, and will be the third default behind Google and Yahoo.
It is still unclear why Wiki is being added over Bing or other true search engines, especially because Wikipedia has a very popular free app as well, but still interesting.
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According to a new WSJ report, Sony is finally ready to create a PlayStation-branded smartphone, one that will help it compete against the iPhone, and Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 line.
Additionally, the company will be creating “a portable device that blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable, or PSP,” one that it hopes will compete against the iPad and net/smartbooks.
The products have a target launch in 2010, but prices are nowhere near finalized.
Equally as surprising is the news that this will be a Sony-only venture, leaving out Ericsson, its long-time smartphone partner.
PSP and PSP Go sales have been extremely disappointing since the launch of the iPod Touch and the Nintendo DSiDS continues to rack up impressive sales, all at the expense of PSP market share.
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Sony America publisher relations senior VP Rob Dyer has admitted this week that the PSP Go handheld “confused” buyers, and that sales have struggled.
Acknowledging another long-time criticism, Dyer says the expensive $250 price has not helped sales any, with the cheaper PSP-3000 model handily outselling its newer brother.
“Yeah, I think the higher price point didn’t help matters any,” Dyer said, via IpodNN.
Since the release of the PSP Go, Sony has done nothing but lose market share to the DS/DSi, and even the iPod Touch, which are cheaper and have big fan bases.
