12
[ 122 ]
12 Your wireless Internet browser
Your phone has a built-in browser you
can use to connect to selected services
on the wireless Internet. You can view
weather reports, check news or flight
times, view financial information, make
online purchases and much more.
Warning: Do not switch on the phone when the use of a wireless
phone is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
Note: Check with your wireless provider for WAP service
availability. WAP pages are designed using Wireless Markup
Language (WML), xHTML. Since web pages are designed using
Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML), all web pages cannot be
viewed from your phone.
Note: This feature uses dynamic memory. For a detailed
explanation on dynamic memory see “Dynamic memory use” on
page 18.
• NOTES ON WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
This section gives a brief overview of wireless Internet technology.
Technology background
WAP
A technology called Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is to mobile
devices what the World Wide Web (WWW) is to personal computers. The
mobile community began developing WAP several years ago to provide
access to the Internet for mobile users.