W A P WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL

HISTORY n June 1997 : WAP Forum was setup by 4 companies. n January 1998 : They established the WAP Forum,Ltd. n February 1998 : The first draft specification was published. n May 1998 : WAP Version 1.0 was released. n June 1999 : WAP Version 1.1 was released. n December 1999 : WAP Version 1.2 was approved. n April 2000 : The WAP Forum debut its new Interoperability Product Certification Program.

Mobile Phones Which Can Access The WAP Nokia 6210, 6250, 7110 Erricson R320, R380 Siemens ‘ SL 45, Siemen C35 Motorola T2288, V2288

HOW TO USE WAP APPLICATIONS nn WAP BROWSER nn WAP TOOLKIT 2.0 nn SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

THE FUTURE OF WAP Forrester presumed that by 2004, one-third of all Europeans or more than 219 million consumers will use their mobile phones to access the Internet services. 90% of the e-commerce executives interviewed plan to launch Internet sites designed for mobile phones. According to a report by Semico Research, it will become the dominant means of accessing the Internet in some years, when Web-enable phones will make up 79% of the unit volume of Internet appliances.

WHO WILL BE USING WAP ? n YOUNG PEOPLE n BUSINESS PEOPLE n YOUR NEIGHBOURS n YOU

ITS ADVANTAGES n FAST AND EASY n PRIVATE n NOT TOO EXPENSIVE

ITS DISADVANTAGES n TOO SMALL SCREEN n TOO DIFFICULT TO WRITE AND READ n LITTLE MEMORY CAPACITY

Presenters Nida Pornprasertsud Phet Wuttisettarak Ravinun Bovornsantisuth Wanpen Chaivechvisit Wimon Punyapongpat