20 Connect to the Wireless Internet
Your phone has a built-in browser to connect to
selected services on the Internet. You can view
weather reports, check news or flight times, view
financial information, and much more.
You can also save the address of any Internet site
as a bookmark, much the same way you bookmark
a Web page on your personal computer.
Note: All features may not be available on all carrier networks.
Please check with your service provider for availability. If your phone
does not display Services on its menu, your network provider does
not support these features at this time.
• NOTES ON WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
This section gives a brief overview of wireless Internet access and provides
some notes that may be useful in understanding wireless access.
Technology background
A technology called Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is to mobile devices
what the World Wide Web (WWW) is to desktop computers. The mobile
community began developing WAP to provide access to the Internet for
mobile users.
Today, most WAP sites consist of text and hyperlinks, and some sites can
accept text input. Some pages contain low-resolution graphics. Your
service provider and others are free to design WAP sites as they choose,
so the sites are as varied as Web pages on the Internet.
Important: The information or services you have accessed are
stored in the cache of your phone. A cache is a buffer memory,
which is used to store data temporarily. If you have tried to access
or have accessed confidential information requiring passwords (for
example, your bank account), empty the cache of your phone after
each use. To empty the cache, select More options while
browsing, scroll to Clear cache, then press Select.
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The service provider’s role
Because wireless Internet content is designed to be viewed from your phone,
your wireless service provider now becomes your wireless Internet service
provider as well.
Your service provider may have created a home page and set up your browser
to go to this page when you connect to the Internet. At the home page, you
will find links to a number of other sites that offer wireless access.