The promise of WAP

Article Abstract:

Cell phone users access the Internet through the standards of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Its design, technical limitations, and commercial possibilities are analyzed.

Standards, Digital communications

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The Internet in your hands

Article Abstract:

Handheld devices that will put full Internet access and functions on a wireless basis are rapidly being developed. Several such super-phones and handheld computers are described.

Wireless LANs, Wireless local area networks (Computer networks)

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The future is here. Or is it?

Article Abstract:

Surfing the Web on a cell phone is still a limited, slow, and expensive process. The prospects for equipment and service to match the industry's rhetoric are analyzed.

Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services

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