The Great 'WAP Site' Hunt

MSE_Martin

THE GREAT ‘WAP SITE’ HUNT. It knows where you are!

If you’ve a mobile phone with WAP (cut down phone internet) enabled mobile phone, there are actually some very useful things you can do.

My favourite is a Orange’s ‘Find Nearest’ service that knows where you are, shows you a mini-map and then can find the nearest taxi/pizza place/locksmith etc. to you at that moment.

As WAP is something many of us have on our phones, are often paying for and not using, I thought I’d start a hunt for other useful WAP site.

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Woby_Tide

http://www.google.co.uk/wml for pub quizzes and finding other sites

http://mobile.sky.com for football scores

http://railtrack.kizoom.co.uk for finding traiin times

http://www.tubeplanner.com for anyone not sure of what tube journey they should take in London

Twydallaer

Useful WAP sites:

http://wap.bahn.de - for train times anywhere is Europe - take it on hoilday with you! (Select 'English' off the main menu unless you're good at German!)

http://www.mail2wap.com - Read your e-mail - any (POP3) account, anywhere - no need to register

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile - Mini BBC!

troshy

I made one a while ago but it doesn't work on my new phone, I remember it having a few games and chat if anyone wants to check it out?

http://www.trosh.com/wap/

robertgarner11

Just to reiterate:
http://railtrack.kizoom.co.uk - gives you live train info too, so you can be on a train and check ahead to see if your connection's on time. Very useful.

RefWap - great for pub quizzes and travellers
wap url: http://tagtag.com/refwap

Illusions
"The only site for Optical Illusions in the world!"
wap url: http://tagtag.com/illusions

kinghobo

Free Ringtones
Check out http://www.ringtones4all.com , all those ringtones you pay a fortune for else where you can down load FREE

Visit the web site on your PC, select the ringtone you want and get the number, then visit the website via WAP and download the ringtone direct to your phone completely FREE

geoffreycross

It might not be the prettiest WAP site, but in terms of 'Money Saving' it's pretty useful as it'll let you send repliable SMS for 3.9p/msg instead of the standard network charges of 10p or more (I think some networks now charge 30p for international SMS):

To sign-up (from the web, I'm afraid): http://www.vgsmail.com

And then from your phone (or the web): http://www.vgsmail.com/cgi/default.cgi

(P.S. I am the owner of this site, so I hope I'm not violating any rules about advertising? It is non-profit after all...).

stec00

Martin (...or anyone else who knows if he's busy) could you possibly give the URL for the Orange Find My Nearest service. Does it work on other networks?

Cheers

Lebowski25

https://www.get-mobile.co.uk/wap

free games, ringtones, wallpapers.

Stephen81_2

Yellow Pages = mobile.yell.com

Google = http://wap.google.com

Local Directory (UpMyStreet) = http://wap.upmystreet.com

Online Weather = http://onlineweather.com

Directions (MapQuest) = http://wl.mapquest.com/gb

Financial Times = wap.ft.com

Woby_Tide

Martin (...or anyone else who knows if he's busy) could you possibly give the URL for the Orange Find My Nearest service. Does it work on other networks?

Cheers

Only works on Orange as it relies on the company knowing where your nearest base station is when you request the info. I'm sure the latest adverts show Vodafone running something very similar though(or is it O2 adverts?)