The terms of the mobile network provider will continue to apply when accessing the WAP site.
F-Secure offers software that scans WAP scripts going out to phones from WAP servers.
This will change greatly, she said, when the next version of WAP goes online.
And while there are no cases of WAP viruses to date, the potential threat is significant.
There is a bit of irony for antivirus folk at work protecting WAP environments, said Candia.
The business model applied to the WAP rollout has been at fault, he said.
Skip WAP and enjoy some peace and quiet -- before the next generation arrives.
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For Wap sites this will be a PIN, on the web a user name and password.
Do you expect a high percentage of Orange users to play your Wap titles?
Of these, more than 700, 000 currently own a Wap phone capable of playing games.
A. They cover everything from family titles like Connect 4 to a Wap boxing game.
There are, however, a host of hindrances that are immediately evident to anyone sampling WAP-based offerings.
"We don't put much focus on WAP games, " says Sunday public relations manager Mark Chan.
He is the chief executive of Phone.com phcm , hoping to thrive on a close understanding of how WAP works.
The four companies purposely kept others out of WAP development until they could build it and clinch ironclad technical specifications.
WAP-enabled phone, and 34% have accessed internet content on their phones, up from 27% in June 2002.
The company does it all--it provides short messaging services (SMS)--multimedia services (MMS) Internet access (WAP) and wireless gaming.
Like Dulaney, House believes 3Com will be forced to yield to the market impetus building up behind WAP.
We are also planning to launch SMS Text Messaging games - allowing even those without Wap to play.
Add to that the need to rewrite Websites for WAP delivery, and a lot stands in WAP's way.
Rossmans design became part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), developed with Ericsson, Motorola mot , and Finlands Nokia nok .
"I think WAP is very worthy and -- I shouldn't say this -- a little bit boring, " Potter said.
It will make more sense when WAP phones charge for data packages downloaded, rather than by time, he said.
By the end of March, 620, 000 people had subscribed to Cellnet's Wap service.
Consumers are less than ecstatic over the limited content and painful user experience offered by newly christened WAP networks.
Part of the reason for the enthusiasm is that WAP has so far hit Asia with a muffled thud.
Now that SMS is taking off, a new data-service wireless-application protocol, or WAP, is taking hold for digital cellular networks.
The company now offers content security software for WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) gateways and antivirus protection for Symbian EPOC devices.
With WAP and M-commerce on tap soon, it won't be long before we see people delivering dissertations at expressway tollbooths.
WAP, short for wireless application protocol, the standard for connecting cellphones and the Internet, is all the rage in Europe.
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