BlackBerry Users; Do you WAP?
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Save time and money by browsing WAP sites! : The WAP or “Wireless Application Protocol†is a world specification which authorizes users of wireless devices to easily access information and services on the Web very quickly. A great number of manufacturers of Smartphones like Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry, Palm and developers of software like IBM, Microsoft and Oracle have agreed to develop a common standard for mobile access to information (WAP).
WAP gives access to the users of mobile phones to the Internet and the services of the Web. WAP Sites offer a very fast access to information with a limited use of the band-width, which results in less expensive invoices for your use when downloading wireless data. You can surf on Internet with your regular mobile phone or with your Smartphone, you connect on WAP sites with your mobile Internet browser and reap the benefit$.
Here are the steps to create links on your BlackBerry:
1) Go on to your “Internet Browser†icon
2) Turn the trackwheel or trackball and move over “WAP Bookmarks†or another bookmark file where you want to record the new link
3) Press on the trackwheel select “Expand†to open the contents of the file
4) Press on the trackwheel to choose “Add a bookmarkâ€
5) In first section enter the Name of your bookmark, for example “Yahooâ€
6) Turn the trackwheel down once and enter the address of the WAP site which interests you
7) Press again on the trackwheel select “Addâ€, voila!
To open the link, select it with your trackwheel, press on the trackwheel again to choose “Go to link†and you will be quickly connected to your content.
Suggested WAP sites:
Yahoo World, for a complete tour of the world’s information, news, weather, businesses, entertainments and more - http://wap.yahoo.com
Yahoo Canada, Canadian information, quickly on your Smartphone - http://ca.intl.oa.yahoo.com
PDA Portal, for a complete list by type of available information and WAP sites conceived for mobile devices - http://www.pdaportal.com
Mapquest, for directions and charts - http://www.mapquest.com/pda
Google Maps, almost a GPS in your pocket - http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html
Yellow pages, a fast reliable way to find addresses or companies - http://www.mobile.yp.ca
Canadian News English CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/wireless
CNN News of the English world - http://cnnmobile.com
Google, all the information you are looking for - http://www.google.ca/pda
Most new web sites are now taking into consideration the fact that they will be visited by mobile devices regularly and are built to accommodate automatically a “WAP†format, providing less clutter and fast access to information for mobile users.
If you are interested in some of these links access our blog: blog.dcesolutions.com, from your mobile phone browser (even your iPhone) and all the above links will be directly available.
Yves Levesque
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