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Monday, June 4, 2001
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WAP your way on the Web sites

THE paradigm of communication has changed with the coming in of WAP. Chat is out and SMS is in. Here are a few sites that tell us how and where we can ring the other person’s mobile.

Google

http://www.google.com/options/wireless.html 

Google’s adaptable search technology can be accessed from any number of devices, such as WAP-ready phones, Palm V and Palm VII handhelds through wap.google.com. Whatever language or platform you’re using, Google lets us search the Web with ease, speed and accuracy. It is the first search engine that brings the entire World Wide Web to mobile devices. Unlike other search engines that index only Web pages that are available in WML, Google brings more than 500 million Web pages to the palm of a user’s hand. When a wireless user requests a traditional HTML page, Google’s innovative technology translates the requested HTML document into WML.

MSN

http://mobile.msn.com 

MSN Mobile services provide free power of the everyday Web. Now we can get our favourite MSN content and services delivered directly to a cellular phone. We can send and receive m-mail. Receive an alert every time an m-mail message comes into our inbox. Browse the latest MSNBC news and sports stories. We can also get breaking news, sports, and weather headlines from MSNBC and ZDNet. Latest stock market quotes from MSN MoneyCentral can also be had. Friends and co-workers can send instant messages from MSN Messenger Service. One can even read news on topics of individual interest. One can also feed up reminders for important dates and occasions. We can view or add appointments in MSN calendar with its scheduling system and also check the location of a meeting or event.

Yahoo!

http://mobile.yahoo.com/wireless/home 

The wide range of content and services are provided by Yahoo! at http://wap.yahoo.com
which includes mail, calendar, address book, yellow pages, finance, weather, news, sports, movies, entertainment and bookmarks. Availability of services depends upon the type of mobile device (cell phone, Web phone, PDA, or pager) and service plan (text messaging, wireless Web access, etc.) we have. Yahoo! messenger enables us to get and receive instant messages, Access friends list and see who is online and compose messages quickly by selecting one of the Quick Messages. We can download this service by visiting http://mobile.yahoo.com/wireless/downloads 

 

— Amit Puri

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