optiPoint application module WAP applications overview

Example of a weather forecast on the optiPoint application module

You can use WAP/WML on optiPoint phones by an optiPoint application module. The module has a built-in browser.

Scope

WAP technology is driven by mobile phone internet access. Although it has in mobile world a negative image (because of small screens and high mobile internet rates), the technolgy itself is proven.

Major advantage compared to standard HTML: WML offers smaller footprint, drops each kind of pop-ups, advertisements, etc. and concentrates really on providing the information itself.
There are many many WAP/WML content providers available in the internet. Most of them are free and all can be accessed by the optiPoint application module.

Documentation

•   WML developers Guide  
•   WML developers Guide-en  
•   WAP configuration-de  
•   WAP configuration-en  

Ressources

• Summary of useful WAP services
•   WAP Homepage

How To

• How to use WAP applications
• How to access a public internet based WAP-link portal
• How to program WML applications for the WAP browser

Related links / information

• 3rd party applications developers area

Tutorials / Knowledge Base

• Open Mobile Alliance: WAP Forum
•   WML-Einführung
• W3 Schools: WAP / WML Tutorial

Development tools

•   Dev.Area: WML Editor
•   wap-de: WAP Developer community
•   tecCHANNEL: WML-Grundlagen, WBMP-Tools

Webserver

• Apache: HTTP Server Project
•   SELFHTML: Einrichtehinweise Apache Webserver
•   BananaJoe: Apache Tutorials
• kannel: Open Source WAP and SMS gateway

Articles

•  c't 26/2005;Reiseführer ins Mini-Web; Mobiles Surfen - Software und Dienste; S. 116 ff