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WAPly
WAPly (waply.com) is also a searchable subject index of WAP sites, but it
also ofers a service called My WAPly. My WAPly lets you set up your own
set of bookmarks that you can access from a WAP-enabled browser. It also
has a page of several topics with information on WAP, and a pointer to
WAP phones.
Seek4WAP
Seek4WAP (seek4wap.com) is a search engine with a keyword search for
WAP sites. Note that you can narrow your search for sites by language—
handy since there are many sites in many diferent languages. here's a list
of the latest links available, and if you don't like searching, you can also
browse for WAP links by category.
So far we've looked at things that basically any phone can do, but you guys
with the advanced phones may be getting a little impatient. Where are the
RSS feed readers? Where are the real Web browsers? When do you get to
unleash your mad phone skillz? Patience. You're next!
Software for Advanced Phones
You may have a phone that can run Java applications or that has an operat-
ing system that supports programs more sophisticated than browsing and
getting short e-mails. In that case, you will probably have several diferent
choices of programs to run on your computer.
I recommend that you look for RSS feed readers, browser sotware (some-
times third-party browsers are better than browsers that come with your
phone), and client sotware that deliver alerts. I can't tell you what sot-
ware might be available for every possible kind of phone—but I can tell you
where to look.
First stop: Your service provider
If you're looking for sotware for your phone, check with your service provider
irst. he two big pros of getting phone sotware from your provider are:
. he company won't want you to download anything to your phone
that's not safe, so you know it's going to screen its sotware carefully.