optiPoint application module WAP applications overview



You can use WAP/WML on optiPoint phones by an optiPoint application module. The module has a built-in browser.

Scope
WAP technology is driven by mobile phone internet access. Although it has in mobile world a negative image (because of small screens and high mobile internet rates), the technology itself is proven.

Major advantage compared to standard HTML: WML offers smaller footprint, drops each kind of pop-ups, advertisements, etc. and concentrates really on providing the information itself. There are many WAP/WML content providers available in the internet. Most of them are free and all can be accessed by the optiPoint application module.

Ressources

 * Summary of useful WAP services


 * How to access a public internet based WAP-link portal
 * 3rd party application developers

Tutorials / Knowledge Base

 * Open Mobile Alliance: WAP Forum
 * WML-Einführung
 * W3 Schools: WAP / WML Tutorial

Development tools

 * Dev.Area: WML Editor
 * wap-de: WAP Developer community
 * tecCHANNEL: WML-Grundlagen, WBMP-Tools

Webserver

 * Apache: HTTP Server Project
 * SELFHTML: Einrichtehinweise Apache Webserver
 * BananaJoe: Apache Tutorials
 * kannel: Open Source WAP and SMS gateway

Articles

 * c't 26/2005;Reiseführer ins Mini-Web; Mobiles Surfen - Software und Dienste; S. 116 ff