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To: marginmike who wrote (62337)	1/14/2000 6:57:00 PM
From: w molloy	Respond to of 152472

WAP - It is usable with CDMA,TDMA etc... Yes eom

To: marginmike who wrote (62337)	1/14/2000 7:55:00 PM
From: justin55	Respond to of 152472

Mike, thx for clarification.EOM

To: marginmike who wrote (62337)	1/14/2000 9:24:00 PM
From: Claude	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

I'm not an expert on WAP but from my understanding of HTML and what I've read about WAP I'll try to add some info here. First, HTML is a protocol (interface is not quite the proper term). WAP requires its own servers and web pages and client software that understands WAP. WAP has nothing to do directly with cellular technologies such as CDMA or GSM. It would work over any WAP capable phone. Of course since Nokia is spearheading WAP and is more focused on GSM we are more likely to see WAP in GSM phones. If WAP were to gain a foothold this would be strategic for Nokia. It would propel them into software for wireless which would be huge. WAP is strictly a software standard with a defined protocol WTML (or WML?) for communicating between client and server - much like HTML - but fit for handhelds as smaller amounts of data are sent. In the long run I don't think this is what we want or need - this technology is for an environment where cell phones cannot provide the bandwidth for ordinary web pages. Since most of us connect today at 56K and web pages are designed with this in mind 64K wireless access would be fine for the data loads. As far as the small screens go, HTML pages can be designed as small as needed so that a site could have pages dedicated to smaller screens and still use the same HTML they are familiar with. My feeling is WAP will be popular in Europe but face an uphill battle in North America and elsewhere. .02 from Claude (rhymes with TOAD)