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Technology Stocks : Frank Coluccio Technology Forum - ASAP -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1462)	4/20/2000 9:27:00 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1782

Where's those wonton WAP-pers when you knead 'em? Hi Frank and All, This is a quote from the latest at Pulver.com pulver.com I'm copying from the emailed version, so can't provide the direct URL link, sorry: <snip> 4. Be wary of WAP WAP is a great example of what is possible when the internet and wireless networks converge. This said, WAP is starting to look a lot like the wireless equivalent of the 1996 version of H.323. Look for additional and alternative protocols to emerge which offer WAP like functionality without the WAP like overhead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My question to the thread would be this: Would the new and improved versions of a generic wireless application protocol look more like SMS or i-Mode and less like a stripped down WAP? Or are there other flavors of exotica out there that I am as yet unaware of? I thought that Unwired Planet (PHCM) did a pretty good job of uniting the industry on a workable standard. Are we re-entering the tower of Babel? Or has WAP become so convoluted, as Pulver suggests, as to be tripping on its own shoelaces. BL, ww, petere, y'all out there? Hopefully someone can help me relieve my utter inarticulation in this realm of the inscrutable RF signal. One Curious, Khat