Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

WAP is a protocol or a technical messaging service that allows a digital mobile phones or mobile terminals that have a WAP facility, see / read the contents of a site on the internet in a special text format. This Internet site should be a site with WAP facilities. WAP is published by the WAP Forum, founded by Ericsson in 1997. Motorola, Nokia and Unwired Planet to do the same.

Limitations of WAP device
Ability Central Processing Unit (CPU) which is lower than the CPU used on the wired devices such as computers.
Saving power usage (power) that typically use batteries
The smaller display sizes and limited
Limitations of memory size
Input devices are devices that are different from ordinary
The design of the information is usually sent via WAP WML format (Wireless Markup Language). WML is similar to HTML, only more specifically to wireless devices that have keterbatasa as above.

WAP Usage Examples
Departure flight schedule information
Admission to flight departure
Transaction purchase tickets
Traffic Information
Information on stock values
Looking for a phone number or address information
List of weather conditions

Source : www.wikipedia.com