RE: UKNM: desert island sites (sub branch - WAP)

[Ken Cowley]

Railtrack's 'next train home' service (register off

http://www.railtrack.com/travel - pick timetable and click on 'mobile phone

users click here') is slick.


I'm a bit baffled by the 'walled garden' arguments (and this isn't the first

time I've read it) as I've found it just ain't so - I've entered Loot and

Railtrack, among others,  as bookmarks on my Vode 7110 (using Vodafone's

gateway and access number) and they work fine. I rang Orange for their

settings and they told me the whole caboodle (number, gateway, homepage) and

that works fine (it's hard to see how they'd stop it - calling line id

lookup on the access server I guess, though you'd have thought their

merchants and advertisers (if any) would want the traffic). I also, for the

hell of it, accessed Vodafone's site from a public gateway.


Somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong...is everybody else buying phones that

you can't change the access number and gateway on?


Ken Cowley

New Product Development

Global Internet Billing

598-608 Chiswick High Road

London

W4 5RT


http://www.glintbill.com



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> While we're on this subject, I'd be interested to know what those with WAP

> phones are using them for.  Am writing an article on why WAP isn't all

bad,

> and I'm interested in hearing of any WAP sites that people use and are

happy

> with.


Well, being one of the fools who bought a WAP phone on Vodafone, I don`t

actually have the option of checking out every WAP site thanks to their

walled garden system. However, there are still a few gems available

including The Hitchhikers Guide which has made many a long train journey fly

by and the pretty nifty Guardian Unlimited site.


BBC News makes me laugh though with its tiny summaries that leave you

longing for more. Surely a few more words wouldn`t kill? Pleeeeaaasse?


Actually, come to think of it, those are about the only WAP sites I`ve spent

any real time on, except for picking up emails etc.


I know it's not exactly (or even remotely) a WAP service but I have just

ordered a CD via text message from Scan (www.scan.com). To be honest I

wasn`t expecting the service to work but my order arrived in 3 days - and

they even called me to confirm the order -which kind of defeated the object

but it was a nice touch!


Just my rambling mobile experiences...


Paul


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Paul Carr

Managing Editor


Zingin.com - The UK's finest internet guide.

http://www.zingin.com



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