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13. WAP
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol): a protocol that converts the Internet language into one of
the languages WML or HTML, which can be read by a mobile phone. With the help of the WAP
function you can access specific Internet sites. You can thus establish a connection to sites
from which you can download ring tones, icons, animated screen savers and JavaTM applica-
tions to your mobile phone.
The WAP Menu
The WAP navigator is under licence from:
The WAP navigator and the
software included are the
exclusive property of Openwave.
For this reason, it is forbidden to
modify, translate, disassemble or
even decompile all or part of the
software.
The
Services
menu, a dropdown menu, can be
accessed at all times when navigating through WAP
pages by pressing the
key. It contains the following
sub-menus:
Welcome
: logs onto the initial screen
(showing the name of your operator).
Bookmarks
: is
used to save names and addresses of websites that
you frequently access. You can also receive bookmarks
through SMS and add them to this list (see chapter on
SMS). Furthermore, you can send bookmarks via SMS:
Select a bookmark, press
[Options]
and select to send
it via SMS.
Go to URL
: this menu allows you to input an
Internet address directly.
Inbox
: this menu allows you to check the messages
sent by the Internet site.
Save objects
: is used to save a WAP site item.
Snapshots
: takes a snapshot of the currently displayed
page.
History
: backward and forward navigation of the pages
displayed are kept in memory.
Reload
: refreshes the current page.
Reset cache
: clears the stored information on previous
connections.