15 The wireless Internet
WAP is the mobile device’s equivalent of the Internet. The mobile community
began developing WAP in the late 1990s so that mobile device users could
access the Internet. Today, most WAP sites are composed of text, hyperlinks,
and low-resolution graphics. Because your wireless provider and others
are free to design WAP sites as they choose, each WAP page can vary
almost as much as a web page on the Internet.
Note: Check with your wireless provider for WAP service availability.
Note: WAP pages are designed using Wireless Markup Language
(WML). Since web pages are designed using Hyper Text Mark-up
Language (HTML), web pages cannot be viewed from your phone.