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Re: WAP

>so i've been hearing a bit lately about WAP (the 'mobile' internet
>protocol,

Most techno-articles I've read decry WAP as an abomination,  and predict a
short miserable life.

>i believe) and i was wondering, does anyone know whether you have to
>'dial-up' a number from your cell phone to access it? and if so would it
>be

Haven't got a clue,  but I don't think so.  The PCS phone I played with
just seemed to be "online"

>possible to make a linux box be a WAP server so that you could access all
>the great wonderful information available online, on a cell phone via your
>own computer? just wondering...

Yes MANY WAPy things are available for Linux,  do a search at freshmeat. 
Even a PHP Internet mail package that generates WML (WAP Markup language I
suppose).,  so their might be a legitamate use for it after all.  Just
can't image reading an e-mail on a 20x4 screen.