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To WAP or Not to WAP
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by
Ralph Tegtmeier
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WAP: "Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an
open, global specification that empowers mobile users
with wireless devices to easily access and interact
with information and services instantly."

If you want to check existing WML pages in your
tread-of-the-mill web browser, you will probably like
these WAP emulators and browsers:

YourWap's Wireless Companion
< http://www.yourwap.com/ >
Ericsson WAP Toolkit
< http://www.ericsson.com/developerszone/ >
Nokia WAP Toolkit
< http://www.forum.nokia.com/developers/wap/wap.html >
WinWAP Windows Based WML Browser
< http://www.slobtrot.com/winwap/index.htm >
Gelon
< http://www.gelon.net/ >

Also on Gelon's resources site, read what you will
need by way of devices and applications to develop in
WML, the markup language for WAP devices:
< http://www.gelon.net/dev/ >

More on WAP is available here:
< http://www.allwap.com >

For a quick-an-dirty online WAP site generator check
out:
< http://www.wapdrive.net >

More WAP resources:
AllWap/Wapped
< http://www.allwap.com >
< http://www.wapped.nl/links/ >
Wap Service
< http://www.wapservice.com/ >
WebCab
< http://www.webcab.de/ >
WAPtastic/AnywhereYouGo
< http://www.waptastic.com/application/default.asp >
< http://www.anywhereyougo.com/ayg/ayg/Index.po >

Finally, here's a list of WAP search engines. While it
doesn't specifically mention WAP, TechWeb reports that
Inktomi (the world's largest, albeit least PR
credited, search engine) is pushing into the wireless
market with a vengeance:
< http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000314S0004 >
After both Alltheweb/FAST and Google have now joined
in the fray, expect more major players to roll
in soon.

FAST
< http://wap.fast.no/ >
GOOGLE
< http://wap.google.com/ >
WAPAW
< http://wapaw.com/ >
WAPLY
< http://www.waply.com/ >
WAPUSEEK
< http://www.wapuseek.com/ >
WAPWARP
< http://wapwarp.com/ >

Last but not least, here's a newly launched search
engine portal also featuring WAP engines - this one is
updated frequently, so you may wish to bookmark it:
< http://searchenginebase.com/ >



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Ralph Tegtmeier is the co-founder and principal of fantomaster.com GmbH (Belgium), < http://fantomaster.com/ >, a company specializing in webmasters software development, industrial-strength cloaking and search engine positioning services.

He has been a web marketer since 1994 and is editor-in-chief of fantomNews, a free newsletter focusing on search engine optimization, available at: < http://fantomaster.com/fantomnews-sub.html > You can contact him at mailto:fneditor@fantomaster.com
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