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One wireless viewpoint: 'WAP is crap'
News However, with a small pool of subscribers, there's little to suggest these applications will increase WAP's appeal. Too-high prices, a lack of applications and carrier-imposed content restrictions will prevent WAP -- touted as the mobile market's...
[June 30, 2000, 10:12]
WAP Management With User Defined Content Reduction
White Papers WAP users can not read most contents designed for PC users via their mobile phone screens. The WAP site management system is proposed for this purpose. The web sites can be automatically translated to proper WAP contents based on parameters like...
[January 12, 2006, 0:01]
WAP email suspended after security breach in NZ
News Telecom New Zealand is suspending its DJuice WAP-based email service following the discovery of a potentially damaging security hole. It was explained that there is a 60-second delay after a WAP user disconnects before the cache associated with...
[April 26, 2002, 10:34]
News Burst: WAP fails to capture eyeballs
News Less than one percent of UK Internet users have ever surfed the net using a WAP phone according to the latest government statistics. The PC is overwhelmingly the favourite means of getting online, according to a survey released Tuesday by the...
[September 26, 2000, 12:40]
WAP 2.0: Fearsome features
News WAP's primary objective is to provide an open standard for optimised access via a mobile device to the Internet or intranet. When first introduced, WAP was touted as a revolutionary technology that would totally transform the world of mobile...
[July 3, 2002, 15:29]
Wireless Application Protocol: WAP 2.0
White Papers This paper provides overview of WAP 2.0 that brings the wireless world closer to the Internet with a suite of specifications that utilizes technologies that will enhance the wireless user experience. With this evolutionary release, the WAP...
[November 6, 2003, 22:08]
WAP usage doubles in 12 months
Talkback just looking for information on WAP usage in the US
[March 6, 2006, 18:40]
WAP services for cattle safety
News Farmers are to make unexpected use of WAP phones, employing them to help government officials ensure the safety of British beef. A new WAP service to be launched by agricultural Web site Braidgrove.com in the coming weeks will allow livestock...
[September 6, 2000, 12:21]
WAP Forum CEO: Eye2Eye - Part 2
News The WAP Forum is not a licensing body. ZDNet UK: The other thing people might be wondering about, especially the content providers who are adopting WAP, is whether this is going to be around a year from now or five years from now.
[May 31, 2000, 11:55]
Internet World: WAP industry grapples with security concerns
News Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) transmissions are designed to be encrypted with one method while in the air and another on the wired network; but when they are handed over from one method to the other they have to decrypt and then re-encrypt...
[May 25, 2000, 9:05]
Startup Spotlight: WAP 'til you drop with DigitalRUM
News Finally a WAP service that's useful? DigitalRUM also works over WAP, not SMS, though whether that is a benefit or not is debatable. Oh, and people are happy with WAP? The DigitalRUM application claims to be tailored specifically for WAP phones...
[August 3, 2000, 17:05]
WAP portal locates pubs and curry houses
News A WAP portal that lets users track down all manner of fun in their immediate vicinity has been launched by UK company GBdirect. The service, Somewhere Near, will create an online community of WAP users who contribute information and even reviews...
[April 25, 2000, 15:17]
European IT Forum: WAP needs lessons from i-mode
News Don't back i-mode to beat WAP in Europe is the unequivocal message from industry analyst IDC at the European IT Forum in Monte Carlo Tuesday. Sheedy believes the WAP world has a lot to learn from the content and services being offered now on i-mode...
[September 12, 2000, 11:55]
WAP usage doubles in 12 months
News The phones get smarter and the connections get faster, and the result is a dramatic rise in the use of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). The number of pages accessed via WAP-enabled mobiles and PDAs this year has doubled since 2003 to 22.5...
[August 9, 2004, 16:40]
WAP phones to get maps and follow-me content
News MapInfo, one of the largest developers of mapping software, is tying up deals with telecoms firms and content providers that should lead to cellular carriers being able to sell premium 'near-me' information services from phones that use the WAP...
[April 13, 2000, 15:22]
WAP usage soars with Big Brother
News WAP usage in Britain has increased by 20 percent during the first six days of Big Brother, with hundreds of mobile users taking advantage of the live content feeds offered by BT Cellnet. Genie, the BT mobile Internet platform sponsoring the second...
[May 31, 2001, 16:53]
WAP makes resurgence
News Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) may have been declared dead on arrival, but the technology is now experiencing a renaissance, largely driven by WAP sites offering customised phone ringtones, according to figures released this week by the Mobile...
[January 8, 2004, 11:15]
WAP Forum blasts study as 'unfair'
News The WAP Forum, the group set up to promote Wireless Application Protocol, has responded to a critical study, calling it "unfair" and unrepresentative. The Forum said a study published in December by the Nielsen Norman Consulting Group represents...
[January 4, 2001, 9:49]
Learning WML - WAP Basics
White Papers WAP stands for Wireless Access Protocol, a general term used to describe the multi-layered protocol and related technologies that bring Internet content to mobile devices such as PDAs and cell phones.
[November 22, 2004, 23:00]
WAP popularity breaks records
News Mobile phone browser pages using the WAP standard hit record numbers in January, with 1.2 billion page impressions delivered, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association. Some mobile phones can also browse conventional HTML Web...
[March 8, 2004, 12:45]
