As we continue the thread on emerging trends on wireless technology, we feel it’s our duty to inform you of the latest development from Nokia. They have developed the “first phone based on a budding protocol that formats Internet information for the screens of wireless devices.” i.e. a wireless web.

Nokia says its new Nokia 7110 cellular phone can access specially prepared text information broadcast over the Internet, such as news, weather reports, stock prices, email, flight schedules, or wireless banking.

The company is the first to announce a phone that is compatible with the Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP. First covered in issue 058 of Ninfomania, The WAP Forum [a consortium of software, Internet, and telecommunications companies] hopes to make the technology the standard for Internet-style information delivered to wireless devices.

CNN joined Nokia in the announcement Tuesday and unveiled a WAP-powered news service. The new service, CNN Mobile can be accessed with the Nokia 7110 for headline updates on the go.

http://www.wapforum.org/