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i am curious as to why you would go to wap sites if you have a GPRS connection to the real internet?

although it does seem cheaper (less kB) - a webpage even with piccies turned off still sucks up the kilobytes...

so my question: when should i use WAP, how do i know if a WAP version of a page even exists, and should i use a different (Basic WAP) connection for it?
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Posted: 2003-04-22 22:26:00
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i don't get it: u want to know the difference between CSD wap (analogue 9,6 kbps/sec) against GPRS wap ( max 156 kbps/sec)? ..basicly?
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Posted: 2003-04-23 00:06:00
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I'd suggest using GPRS at all times. Sure, downloading the page takes up kb but once it's there, you can look at it for however long you want. With GSM WAP you are more than likely charged at a flat rate per minute, which works out more expensive.

Jalu
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Posted: 2003-04-23 00:09:00
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well, let's say not only the time factor but the fact that it's faster to load the page ....and using bulk gprs saves money if u surf a lot..like me
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Posted: 2003-04-23 00:22:00
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sorry the question was worded poorly... what i kinda meant was how do i know if there is a wap version of a site or XHTML so that it can load quicker and take up less kb?
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Posted: 2003-04-23 00:29:00
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there is one way u can find out but that is when u actually load it:)) If u have a t68i or a t200/t300/p800 it will load xhtml...other than that i think they won't load xhtml.My phone doesn't.In short, i don't think u can find out

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http://music.wapjag.com/elvisinfowap

[ This Message was edited by: 701 on 2003-04-23 00:09 ]
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Posted: 2003-04-23 01:07:00
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You cant tell unless you can view identical site via web and wap browser - that would be xhtml site-if u put wap site (wml laguage) into web browser it wil not load This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2003-04-23 01:25:00
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a properly designed site is able to determine the client connected to it (IE, Netscape, Opera, Openwave, etc.) and adjust the content and presentation accordingly, i.e. HTML, cHTML, WAP 1.x

with XHTML, it will be easier for the web developers to deliver the same contents to different clients due to the large amount of common code that is shared. sometimes, this feature is taken to the hilt and taken for granted.
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Posted: 2003-04-23 01:46:00
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I would f d site is a wap site when a certain wap site has wap or mobile in its addres This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2003-04-23 02:11:00
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try them with WAP at the beginning instead of www, e.g. wap.google.com gets you googles wap portal. and wap.ebay.co.uk gets u ebay uk's wapsite (although it doesn't seem to work very well)

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Posted: 2003-04-23 23:06:00
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