| With great advancement in mobile technology, it is now | | | | and not many can type messages fatly as people do |
| possible to access instant messengers on mobile | | | | it on their computers. Using WAP can be very tricky |
| phones. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is a | | | | for new users and they might not feel very |
| commonly used mobile application that helps accessing | | | | comfortable using it. This is mainly because of the |
| Internet through mobile phones and helps to connect to | | | | small screen size of the mobile phone. The web page |
| instant messengers. The new WAP Messenger | | | | seems to be crammed and the text and image |
| enabled mobile phones help the users to connect to | | | | displayed is small and of low quality. |
| MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk and other instant messengers | | | | |
| through mobile phones. | | | | For efficient use of WAP messenger on mobile phone, |
| | | | | it is essential for the mobile device to have a WAP |
| It is not always possible for people to have access to | | | | browser to access various WAP sites. Opera-mini is a |
| personal computers at all time to use Internet. In | | | | very popular WAP browser and is available for free |
| situations, wherein people are out of town or are | | | | on almost all new mobiles. Another very important |
| travelling and want to make a booking online or want | | | | device that helps in messaging through mobile is instant |
| to chat with a friend, WAP messenger can be very | | | | messenger. MSN, Yahoo, are some of the |
| handy. | | | | messengers that enable people to chat with their |
| | | | | friends and other people from all over the world. |
| All that a person needs is a WAP enabled phone to | | | | |
| get the configuration settings and get connected to the | | | | The bottom line of WAP is that, it has made the web |
| Internet. However, a major problem while using WAP | | | | access process very easy even while people |
| is that, the keypads on mobile phones are too small | | | | travelling. |