WAP : Wireless Application ProtocolLast Updated December 17, 2001
OVERVIEWsWeb Building: Understanding WAP"Developing content for cell phones is the latest big thing. A series of tutorials from AnywhereYouGo.comwill show you all you need to know to get started [says cnet.com]. Kicking off the series, an overview that will get you familiar with the terms and structure of WAP authoring". more
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December 2001WAP is still falling shortVincent Blake, DECEMBER 11, 2001 WAP is not just any TLA (three-letter acronym)....Its supporters say it frees us from the tyranny of needing to be hard-wired to get data. Its detractors point out the limitations of the mobile phone screen and keypad for accessing the net as we know it. The indifferent recall the initial excitement and its subsequent disappointing delivery, and are hoping it will go away. But it seems WAP is not about to fade away. At least if Orange has anything to do with it. more
November 2001ADSL given bad rapKate Mackenzie NOVEMBER 23, 2001 ADSL has been let down by its 'growing pains', says a bandwidth management company. Lorenzo Modesto of Bulletproof Networks said while ADSL was good technology, it was already stretched by large demand on the service. more
Soap or not, WAP fails to clean up WHEN Vodafone launched its Mobile Soap on Monday it was declared a first in Australia. But in the world of new media, first in does not always mean best dressed. Mobile Soap is Australia's first text-message soap opera. For 22c each weekday, Vodafone's customers can keep up with the life and loves of Max, an 18-year-old uni student. more
June 2001WAP seems to be the problemSimon Hayes 26 June 2001 GETTING a WAP connection is still more trouble than it's worth, despite ongoing marketing campaigns for advanced data services by all the major telecommunications carriers. The proud recipient of a WAP-capable Nokia 3330, I thought I'd see what all the fuss was about, and do a bit of web-surfing on my phone. more
Handset shortage slows WAP roll-out VODAFONE has taken a big marketing stick to the much-maligned Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), saying too few mobile users understand the technology and the 3G services that it will enable. more
May 2001WAP flop muddies 3G waters in AsiaMonday, April 23, 2001, 9:45 By CHRIS FOLEY, AFP Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent enhancing the marriage of the mobile phone to the Internet, doubts persist about the potential success of its 3G offspring. The world's first 3G system, sired by Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo, will be born in Tokyo next month, offering highspeed audio, video and data information to screens as small as a matchbox. more
February 2001Voice to save WAP: lawyerJennifer Foreshew 13 February 2001 VOICE technology will be critical to the development of Wireless Application Protocol devices, and its growth will be driven by security and privacy fears, according to a legal expert. more
January 2001Voice portals to kill WAP: expertJennifer Foreshew, 30 January 2001 MOBILE phone users will shun WAP in favour of voice portals - the combination of speech recognition and the internet - to perform everyday cyber-chores, according to an industry expect. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu national e-business leader Peter Williams predicted a proliferation of voice portals, based on natural speech recognition, in Australia. more
December 2000Uni pioneers WAP-controlled robotsJennifer Foreshew 12 December 2000 AUSTRALIAN researchers have achieved a world-first by remotely controlling a robot via the internet using a mobile phone and Wireless Application Protocol. Developed at the University of Wollongong's School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, the new WAP telerobotics technology holds great potential for the manufacturing industry. more
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