The Net-Works Guide to WAP and WML: An Introduction to the mobile Internet, and to creating your own WAP site Book

The worldwide boom in mobile communications has transformed the limited, and often irritating, cellular phone into a universal information and communications tool. And now, with the advent of Wireless Application Protocol — which sounds far scarier than it really is — your humble mobile phone can emulate a PC as a terminal for browsing information on the Internet. The Net-Works Guide to WAP gives you a glimpse at the potential for this exciting new technology. It then proceeds to give you information on everything from the consortia that are developing WAP and how it all works, through to mobile-content issues and creating your own WAP sites. In addition to showing you the basics of 'mobile surfing', the author also discusses more advanced wireless communication issues... push advertising... always-on services... proximity information... databases and dynamic content... cards and decks... language structure, syntax and delivery... major players in the market... service providers and gateways... etc., etc.Read More