HOWTO access the Web with a WAP browser (Google WAP proxy)

A big limitation of WAP browsers in most cell phones is that they can't access most regular Web sites.

One solution, given a Java(J2ME)-capable cell phone, is to download the free Opera Mini Web browser, which does a very good job of translating the regular WAP to small screens.

A more direct solution is to use the Google WAP Proxy, which likewise does a very good job of translating the regular Web to WAP format suitable for many current cell phones. You get this automatically when you do a WAP search with Google, but you can also access it directly , either with a regular Web browser or with a cell phone WAP browser.

Unfortunately, you probably won't be able to bookmark links to regular Web pages accessed with the Google WAP proxy. A work-around is to capture these links with a regular Web browser, and put them on your own WAP page (e.g., at free

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A big limitation of WAP browsers in most cell phones is that they can't access most regular Web sites.

One solution, given a Java(J2ME)-capable cell phone, is to download the free Opera Mini Web browser, which does a very good job of translating the regular Web to small screens.

A more direct solution is to use the Google WAP Proxy, which likewise does a very good job of translating the regular Web to WAP format suitable for many current cell phones. You get this automatically when you do a WAP search with Google, but you can also access it directly , either with a regular Web browser or with a cell phone WAP browser.

Unfortunately, you probably won't be able to bookmark links to regular Web pages accessed with the Google WAP proxy. A work-around is to capture these links with a regular Web browser, and put them on your own WAP page (e.g., at free

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Reply to
John Navas

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