The promise of WAP
Article Abstract:
Cell phone users access the Internet through the standards of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Its design, technical limitations, and commercial possibilities are analyzed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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The Internet in your hands
Article Abstract:
Handheld devices that will put full Internet access and functions on a wireless basis are rapidly being developed. Several such super-phones and handheld computers are described.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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The future is here. Or is it?
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Surfing the Web on a cell phone is still a limited, slow, and expensive process. The prospects for equipment and service to match the industry's rhetoric are analyzed.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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