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i was one of the very first people to purchase a wap phone, i had high expectations of what this could do but was disappointed in minutes. the content of the wireless internet is poor and slow... more

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  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Squidget

    5 Stars Not quite there with WAP 29/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Check travel scores lottery

    Disadvantages Disadvantages slow and expensive

    This is a basic review on WAP itself, this was the only category that I could find to place it in, if anyone knows where else let me know. Enjoy! WAP is this year's biggest hype, with mobile phone companies and shops bragging that it's the "hippest" way of getting the Internet on the move. However, WAP has not lived up to its debut and it is now being billed as a poor relation interim to second-generation mobile phone technology that will rapidly put it in the retirement home. WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol and is basically a way of transmitting data to a mobile device. The big ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Briz_Hatchings

    3 Stars WAP Hard done by 04/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Highly convinient, very powerful if used in conjunction with PC based Internet

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Calls very expensive, some services such as banking and sharedeling only available on certain models of WAP phone

    WAP, in my view, has been hard done by in its initial reviews. The main reason for this was critics putting it down for not being the mobile Internet it was never cracked up to be. Once you strip away the false expectations, it becomes a very useful tool. There have been a number of times where I’ve been in situations, wondered about sports results and had no way of finding them out. In the old days I would have had to wait till I got access to the news, teletext or a PC Internet connection. Then, when I got a mobile, I would resort to ringing a mate. Now, with WAP, I don’t even need to ring ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    rambo

    4 Stars This may be the end of WAP 23/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap internet connection charges and errr thats all

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I can't really comment on the disadvantages as it is not yet released in the U. K. I will update this opinion when it is realesed.

    [*UPDATED] WAP phones (Wireless Application Protocol) may be the latest craze to hit the U. K but the latest craze in Japan is the “I-mode”. I-mode has been in Japan for about a year now and it is already making waves over there. About I-mode ************ Mari Matsunaga an ex-journalist created the I-mode. DoCoMo currently owns the i-mode. It is also part of the NTT, which is the equivalent to BT. in May 1999; the company predicted that it might reach 3 million users in that year. By March 2000, they had attracted 5 million users and are currently attracting well over 10 million ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    andycharger

    3 Stars Ahead of its time (and technology 31/08/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages None

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Cant see pictures, slow downloads

    Being a web developer, I thought I should experiment with the world of WAP phones. I can tell you, I was dissapointed. The concept is a great Idea. Making the internet come to life in your phone. The trouble is, technology is not yet advanced enough to make this practical. You can only access certain web sites, you will not be able to recieve pictures on the 2 tone screen,and the speed is very slow indeed. I think The internet should stay on computers where it can be handled. After all, that is where it was intended to be used. Computers can handle all of this because they are huge things that ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ChrisCooper

    3 Stars ---INFORMING YOU OF THE FUTURE--- 27/12/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Instant viewing of all websites, no matter how many pictures on it

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very expensive, in excess of 50p a minute

    When you think of WAP (wireless application protocol), you think of a really slow internet connection via a mobile which cost a bomb. Well, that, in short, is right. So I am about to inform you who don't already know about GPRS (General Packet Radio Service). It is basically using a high speed modem on a WAP platform using GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and TDMA (time devision multiple access) operators. GPRS is just a simplified version of a very advanced technology called EDGE (enhanced data for global evolution). WAP is very slow as a wireless communicator, but GPRS is double ... more