WAP, iMode, Other: Where to Focus for Wireless Development?
The media-hype bubble that often accompanies new technologies seems to
be bursting under Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). As the media
turns to "WAP is dead, long live iMode" stories (insert your favorite
wireless technology for 'iMode', as needed), where does the industry
really stand on WAP, iMode, and the emerging wireless world? Which
technologies deserve developers' focus?
First, let's give the technology media a chance. Check out Wired News'
piece, "WAP or iMode: Which is Better?" for some quotes and background
information. Definitely a bubble-bursting piece, but worth a skim.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38333,00.html
The WAP Group, an international networking community for wireless space
decision-makers, takes a pragmatic view of the WAP vs. iMode debate.
(Disclaimer: I am a member of The WAP Group.) The WAP Group's CEO,
Graham Brown, discusses both WAP and iMode. He explains that, in many
ways, the WAP vs. iMode discussion pales compared to a discussion
concerning current technologies (WAP and iMode included) versus
next-generation technologies (XHTML, convergence of WAP and iMode, Java
for wireless development in the form of J2ME). Read Graham's article
from:
http://www.netimperative.com/indepth/Featuresarticle.asp?ArticleID=97&Ch...
elID=3&ArticleType=8
Where does this leave you as you develop wireless apps and services? You
need to know how to transcode from XML-based formats into various
markups, including HTML, Compact HTML, WML, and others. Be aware of the
J2ME technologies coming soon to mobile phones and wireless
communicators near you. Finally, understand that, for the foreseeable
future, there will be no single, wireless development standard; but
rather several, interoperating, overlapping, and sometimes complementary
standards and programming models.
In my opinion, both WAP and iMode lack certain features that Java, via
J2ME, will provide. Java technology can complement markup-based
technologies to enable a richer realm of wireless content. I attempted
to distill these thoughts and the technical info supporting them in my
JavaOne talk on the matter, "J2ME for Mobile Devices". Check out this
site to listen to the audiocast, download the PDF slides, or
click-through to a related article I wrote for JavaOne Today on the
subject.
http://java.sun.com/jdc/onlineTraining/webcasts/javaone/billday2.html
What do you think about the great WAP vs. iMode debate? Is Java, or the
convergence of WML and Compact HTML towards XHTML, the wireless
development "silver bullet"? Let me know via email to
careers@billday.com or continue the discussion in JavaWorld's "Device
Programming" discussion hosted by ITworld.com:
http://forums.itworld.com/webx?14@@.ee6b808/90!skip=28
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