In what way is WAP different from Internet?
A Internet standards such as HTML, HTTP, TLS and TCP are quite ineffective when it comes to mobile networks. A standard Web page designed using HTML cannot be displayed effectively on the small-size screens of pocket-sized mobile phones. Also, the HTTP and TCP protocols are not optimized for the specific demands of wireless networks such as intermittent coverage, long latencies and limited bandwidth. Therefore, wireless services using these protocols are often slow, costly and very difficult to use. WAP, on the other hand, uses binary transmission for greater compression of data, and is thereby optimized for long latency, low power consumption and low to medium bandwidth. The Wireless Markup Language (WML) language used for WAP content, is simpler and more strictly defined than HTML. WML makes optimum use of small screens and allows easy navigation with one hand without a full keyboard, and has built-in scalability from two-line text displays to full graphic screens on smart phones and
