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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 17.
• NOTES ON WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
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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.
Today, most WAP sites are made up of text and hyperlinks. Some pages
even contain low-resolution graphics, or require data input. Your service
provider and others are free to design WAP sites as they choose, so the
sites are as variable as Web pages on the Internet.
Internet content on your personal computer is called a "web page." Internet
content on your mobile phone is called a "page," or "WAP card."
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