WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
WAP sites are effectively lists and menus used as pointers to information you require, WAP Phones are simply Mobile phones with additional networking capabilities. The main constraints lie with the restrictive displays used. Unlike the PC , te WAP Phone has little or no storage capacity, can only handle small quantities of data at a time, and only accepts information at 9.6K /sec as opposed to the average PC's 56K /sec (which is 17 % of the PCs speed). To get round these disadvantages, the WAP phones don't display graphics and the sites only offer text. Typically this is menus and scrollable lists form which you choose an option and an information list will be displayed. WAP Phone uses can include sending and receiving email, accessing news, weather, schedules, financial data and the like; all in a mobile environment (like in the middle of a field) - an advantage the PC can never truly emulate. Numerous sites other then the portal services available with the phones can be accessed simple by keying in their address (check out the See-WAP index).
