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Your wireless Internet browser

Today, most WAP sites are made up of text and hyperlinks. Some pages even contain low-resolution graphics, or require data input. Your service provider and others are free to design WAP sites as they choose, so the sites are as variable as Web pages on the Internet.

Internet content on your personal computer is called a “web page.” Internet content on your mobile phone is called a “page,” or “WAP card.”

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a technology used to send and receive data via short bursts or packets over the wireless network. GPRS allows you to stay connected to the Internet. This feature allows for faster downloads of information and no time spent completing a dial-up connection. Applications using GPRS include the WAP browser, text messaging and dial-up connections for making digital data calls.

•For information about how to track time spent online, see “Check data calls” on page 59.

•For information about sending messages via GPRS, see “Choose other

message settings” on page 74. 12

•For information about dial-up connections, refer to “GPRS dial-up connections” on page 159.

•For availability, pricing, and subscription to GPRS services, contact your service provider.

The service provider’s role

Because wireless Internet content is designed to be viewed from your phone, your wireless service provider now becomes your “wireless Internet service provider” as well.

It’s likely that your service provider has created a home page and set up your browser to go to this page when you log on to the Internet. Once at your service provider’s home page, you’ll find links to a number of other sites.

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