| WAP-An Overview | | | | Another application that people want to use |
| | | | in their wap-enabled phones is an instant |
| Wireless Application Protocol commonly known | | | | messenger. An instant messenger enables you |
| as WAP is used to enable the access of | | | | to do a live chat. The famous instant |
| internet in the mobile phones or PDAs. WAP is | | | | messaging services are MSN, YAHOO, AOL and |
| an international standard for the devices | | | | GOOGLE. The used of these services in your |
| that use the wireless communications. | | | | mobile phone enables you to chat live with |
| Nowadays internet has prevailed in our lives | | | | your friends and family all around the world. |
| so much that it has become difficult to live | | | | There are number of wap messengers that |
| without it even for a while. But we can not | | | | enable you to avail this service and some of |
| have access to our personal computers all the | | | | them are even free. The instant messaging is |
| time to connect to the internet, like when we | | | | one of the biggest advantages one can avail |
| are on the go or we are out of town for while | | | | using a cellular phone. |
| and we want to check our mail or want to make | | | | |
| a flight-reservation online or chat to an | | | | There are certain applications that connect |
| associate or a friend. In the situations like | | | | you to the global positioning system commonly |
| these, WAP comes in handy. All we have to do | | | | known as GPS so that you can not get lost and |
| is to carry a WAP enabled mobile phone or | | | | you can easily find your destinations all |
| PDA. Approximately all the mobile phone | | | | around the world. |
| carriers have the WAP service these days, | | | | |
| therefore all you need to get WAP on your | | | | WAP Sites |
| device is to get the configuration settings | | | | |
| from your wireless carrier and you are in | | | | With the use of your WAP browser in your |
| business. But the use of WAP can be a bit | | | | mobile phone you can only access the |
| tricky for the beginners as the pages open in | | | | wap-sites, which means you do not have access |
| your mobile phone are not quiet same to the | | | | to the whole World Wide Web. This is a |
| ones on your pc or laptop because these pages | | | | drawback of the wap as one cant access all |
| are optimized for mobile phones and PDAs and | | | | the web from his device. But with this |
| the images and text is quiet small. | | | | technology, all the major online companies |
| | | | have opened their wap sites along with their |
| WAP Applications | | | | websites and the count is increasing every |
| | | | single day because the use of wap all around |
| There is a need of certain applications to | | | | the world has become very popular. |
| make the full use of WAP in your device. The | | | | |
| first thing you need is a WAP browser to | | | | Wireless Application Protocol: The Bottom |
| access different wap-sites. Most WAP-enabled | | | | Line |
| mobile phones and PDAs have a built-in WAP | | | | |
| browser but you can also use a third party | | | | As the bottom line, it is to be said that the |
| wap-browser. A famous browser in Opera-mini | | | | use of WAP has made the access to web very |
| which is available free of cost for most of | | | | easy. The access to the internet has become |
| the models available and offers many features | | | | very easy when you are on the move and the |
| that the built-in browsers do not. | | | | use of mobile phones have become much more |
| | | | worthy. |