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RE: OTish: WAP Phones...
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- Subject: RE: OTish: WAP Phones...
- From: "Adam Stevens" <adam@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:14:17 +0100
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> But maybe in HA terms, with customised pages, to turn on a
> light...? I think
> WAP could handle that, but then so can email? So why not send the
email
> using the wap browser, and not bother investing time and energy
creating a
> wap page, wap server, wap site?
I really don't want to get too involved in a "virtue of WAP"
discussion,
mainly because I agree with most of your points... In many ways WAP is
disappointing, and is only a temporary answer to a question which not many
people were asking in the first place (temporary because it'll die off as
soon as decent mobile bandwidth and truly portable screens become a
reality)... It's also true that I very rarely do anything with WAP other
than HA.
However, in my case, WAP was a clean, and cheap solution to a couple of
remote access issues I had. Cheap because setting up a WAP server costs
nothing if you have a 24/7 Internet link, and the technical
knowledge/interest to do so.
The main advantage of WAP over a remote e-mail solution is the ability for
two-way communication. I don't generally use WAP to switch on lights and
the like (with the exception of the alarm)... What's the point... if I'm
out, then the PC handles all that itself. However I do like the ability to
check on the status of the house remotely. WAP gives me the ability to do
that from anywhere at anytime.
Anyway, enough said! - For me, WAP was there, so I used it... :-)
Adam.
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