[JDEV] wireless IM

[Steve Kennedy]

On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 11:33:30AM -0600, Thomas Charron wrote:

> Quoting Steve Kennedy <steve-jabber at gbnet.net>:
> > Most phones will only support microbrowsing (i.e. WML/WMLScript). So
> > any IMPP type service will need a thick client running on a server
> > and an http nterface on to it.
>   I'm not sure I'd want to see an XML Parser in my Cell Phone..  ;-P
> > In future as WAP terminals get better (in terms of CPU/Mem) then you'll
> > be able to run a real WAP client in the terminal which runs a thin
> > (say) IMPP client which in turn talks to a IMPP server directly (or
> > via middleware on a server).
>   I do have an additional question regarding this.  The individual companies 
> that you have service with will be required to have a WAP gateway in order for 
> your phone to 'pull' data from WAP enabled sites, but how are they looking to 
> 'upload' the compiled WML script to your phone?  Will this require a connection 
> to a computer, or will it require that the individual service provider load 
> this data for your computer to access it?
>   It's just that I think getting my phone to say, pull a WML script from 
> http://chat.jabber.org/content/WML/WAPClient.wml.

You'd book mark it ;)

Anyway the network operators will run WAP gateways, and you should be
able to enter a URL like the above.

WAP runs over SMS and IP/UDP so you can use a normal ISP account to
access WAP (if you have access to another WAP g/w).

Steve


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