This is definitely something that is needed. We just recently started work in this area and you are right, it's big! Greg Raaum BizDesign, Inc. Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] WAP (protocol) and REBOL Any body working on a WAP scheme? This is a discussion starter What follows is a quote from a recent email message I received. <QUOTE> ============================================ 1. WAP and WML What are WAP and WML? If you are not yet involved with this technology you can be excused for not being familiar with it. If you are an HTML author or make your living on the Internet, then now is the time to learn something about WML and WAP. It will not be long before they are as familiar to many people as the Internet. WML stands for Wireless Markup Language and is used to create the equivalent of a web page on a Wireless Device such as a Digital Cell Phone. Where WML is basically equivalent to HTML, WAP, which stands for Wireless Application Protocol, is roughly equivalent to HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol. So what makes this technology so special? I have seen quite a few references to WAP becoming as big or bigger than the Internet. I see that as something of an oxymoron. For me, WAP is a natural extension of the Internet that will make the World Wide Web available for applications and technologies in places that it is difficult or impossible to access using existing Internet technology. The key to WAP is its portable nature. You don't need a Keyboard, monitor or cable connection. Simply open your cell phone and dial into the service you want. A miniature web page will be displayed on the LCD of your Wireless Device. Even laptops do not provide this level of convenience. The highly portable nature of a WAP device is also its biggest limitation. Unlike a large computer monitor with a fast Internet connect, a WAP device has a tiny monochrome screen with a relative slow digital connection. Those big interactive animated web pages will be impossible to display on a WAP device. What will WAP devices be used for? Well that is were your imagination could make you very rich if you have the business savvy to put it together. There are many WAP startup companies raising a lot of capital right now on little more than their ideas. Applications for WAP range from Online banking and Investing, Stock tracking, GPS navigation (where are you and how do you get home?), shopping, email etc. Maybe someone will actually use them for making phone calls. </QUOTE> Douglas Vos - e-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AlphaPager: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
