Why we WAP: The wireless Internet revolution
Published: 31 May 2000 12:02 BST
Will WAP really take off -- and will it be the ongoing standard for the wireless Internet? The field is split between two camps: the industry giants who form the WAP Forum, and those who use their own methods for connecting wireless devices to the Net.
THE Eye2Eye INTERVIEW
WAP Forum CEO Scott Goldman on why WAP will be around for years to come
Read it here.
More background on WAP
SECURITY
WAP industry grapples with security concerns - Thu, 25 May 2000
There's a known security hole and end-to-end encryption is hard to find
Next e-security threat: Mobile phones - Mon, 15 May 2000
Today it's PCs, but the next weak link in Internet security will be cell phones. With laptops, mobile phones and wireless access increasing, hackers will be harder to locate -- and stop
STANDARDS
Portals face a WAP standards mess - Wed, 10 May 2000
Every combination of phone and portal creates a different result -- and many WAP sites fail to work at all, finds a new study
In Japan, i-Mode reigns supreme - Tue, 30 May 2000
Number of Japanese mobile phone users with Internet access will top 10 million by the end of May
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
WAP scrap causes flap - Thu, 04 May 2000
Patent dispute lands Phone.com and Geoworks in court
Toshiba is Geoworks' first WAP licensee - Wed, 23 Feb 2000
Geoworks WAP patent claim gets boost from Japan
WAP Forum blesses Geoworks WAP claim - Thu, 10 Feb 2000
Geoworks' patent on WAP has the industry guessing what it will mean to the standard
Geoworks to get rich on WAP licences - Thu, 20 Jan 2000
Clever Geoworks has its hand open for licencing fees on one of the hottest new technologies around
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