It's basically another protocol besides plain HTML that's sometimes used for mobile websites.
Cheers, Grant On 7/28/12, Jessica Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > What is a WAP site? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Grant Hardy <[email protected] > To: Jessica Brown <[email protected] > Date sent: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:54:39 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] google > > Yes, by default now Google tries to take you to a WAP site, but > mPower > units don't support mobile WAP sites - the Apex does, however. > > What you can do is go to an address like this on your mPower: > www.google.com/search?q=test > where test is a word that you want to be searched. Once you get > to > that website, you can search and browse Google as you normally > would. > > Grant > > On 7/28/12, Jessica Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > What is wrong with google on the mPower? When I had my mPower, I > used google all the time and it worked just like it should. Did > google change something on there site or do something that the > mPower does not like? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: emma goodwin <[email protected] > To: Vicky Collins <[email protected] > Date sent: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:19:26 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] google > > The apex works beautifully as a Braille display. I use the 32 > cell display. > > On 7/28/12, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't see any of these questions answered, at least not on > list. > > As for Google with the Apex, if you mean searching with Google, > fortunately, it still works just fine for me. For, when I go > to > the google dot com site with my Apex, it loads in just a matter > of a few seconds, not sure it even takes five. The mobile site > is the one that comes up. Then, I can search without a > problem, > and the page with the search results loads just about as fast > as > the initial page. From what others on the list are saying, > though, folks trying to access the Google site with the mPower > aren't having as much success. > > I've never seen an Apex with the eighteen cell Braille display. > It is my understanding, though, and someone please correct me > if > I'm wrong here, that one is indeed able to pay the additional > amount and have their eighteen cell display upgraded to the > thirty-two cell. Further, if I'm understanding correctly, it > would be the same unit, but just exchanging one display type > for > the other. Thus, the same carrying case would be used, but the > eighteen cell unit would have just smooth surface on either > side > of the eighteen cells, whereas the thirty-two cells go almost > to > either end of the unit. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Fiorello <[email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date sent: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:35:52 -0400 > Subject: [Braillenote] google > > Hi; > I am not currently a braille note owner. Using another > product, > however, it is getting slower and slower to download google. > It > shouldn't take three minutes. Apparently some folks are having > problems > and others aren't. Saw the units at the a c b convention but > they were > not online so didn't get a sense as to how quickly things > downloaded. I > gather you can still not look at links from youtube? > Also can either the voice-note or braille-note 18 be upgraded > to > the > braille note 32 or does that require a larger case? > Someone on another list said there were issues with terminal > mode. Has > anyone had any luck using the 32 cell unit as a display? > Also looked at the i-phone but that touch screen is still a > concern. > Thanks and Hi Jerry, remember your name from the blindhams > list. > -- > richard > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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