You heard right. You can download wiki dumps here:
http://ahuv.net/wikipedia/
It tells you how to install them too. I'm currently copying the .mdx dump on my iPhone via Fugu. Will post back results.
The entire wikipedia dump is ~4 GBs.
You can view it on a PC, iPhone or a Windows OS phone.
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The app isn't retina-adapted, but that's ok. It's the info. that counts.