Keith wrote;
>I expect that WAP will evolve, and continue to be used, because there will
>certainly be some services that fit its market niche. But it will
>generally be run over IP, because IP will generally be available and
>it is more efficient than SMS. And it will be just one of many IP-based
>services that are accessible from a wireless platform.
What's funny is that of *current* WAP and Phone.com deployments, almost
all use IP as the bearer to the handset (I don't personally know of any
that don't, but there may be some), and none (AFAIK) use SMS.
Oops.
Brijesh wrote;
>WAP's goal is not to replace IP, but mediate between non-IP wireless
>devices, and existing IP based wire line applications.
Yet there's no need to do this, since your phone is already IP.
>See above. The size of display isn't the issue. Contrary to what you
>say, most people who work in cellular industry think that WAP is very
>interesting piece of work given the limitations of the systems that
>are *widely deployed and used today*.
You need to talk to more people. 8-) If you're at the WAPforum meeting
right now, let me know and we can get together and talk more about it in
person.
MB
