WAP 2.0 eases development for small Net access devices
The WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) Forum industry group released version 2.0 of its specification for communications and application display on Internet-connected wireless devices, promoting its compatibility with XHTML (extensible hypertext markup language) as an improvement developers have needed.
Information presented in the XHTML format on a regular Web page can also be displayed on any cell phone, PDA (personal digital assistant) or other wireless device that incorporates WAP 2.0, without translation to another display language or protocol, said Scott Goldman, chief executive officer of the WAP Forum Ltd. Previously, developers needed to use WML (wireless markup language), which is incorporated into WAP, in addition to HTML or some other basic Web page markup language for PC-based displays, if they wanted to create Web applications or pages that could be displayed properly on a cell phone screen.
The goal of the new WAP standard was to facilitate development of applications for multiple types of devices, Goldman said.
"Like any other kind of expert ... when you use the same tools over and over, you get better," he said. "Developers don't have to learn any new code."
WAP 2.0 also includes the first release of Multimedia Messaging Services, permitting users to send multimedia messages the way cell phone users currently use SMS (short messaging system) instant messaging, only with the ability to combine sounds with images and text. It also integrates an evolved version of WAP Push, an instant notification system useful for alerting users the moment something interesting happens, like the close of an auction or the instant a stock price reaches a certain level.
The WAP Forum was founded by a group of companies including L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co., Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. to promote wireless Internet protocols for mobile devices. The companies have announced that their phones will support WAP 2.0.
More information can be found at http//:www.wapforum.org/.
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