[lynnpudas]

Saw as question about browsers in the forum about questions, faqs etc. and it used a whole bunch of terminology I'm not familiar with. I am a bit on the older side (yes, a grammy) and so I just don't always pick up on terminology. Fortunately, I'm not afraid to ask questions no matter how ignorant they might seem to others and I hate not understanding.

So what is WAP? What is MDS and MDS-CS? What is BIS-B? What is GSM?

[Iceman]

What is WAP?
The wireless industry came up with the idea of WAP. The point of this standard was to show internet contents on wireless clients, like mobile phones.

�WAP stands for W ireless A pplication P rotocol
�WAP is an application communication protocol
�WAP is used to access services and information
�WAP is inherited from Internet standards
�WAP is for handheld devices such as mobile phones
�WAP is a protocol designed for micro browsers
�WAP enables the creating of web applications for mobile devices.
�WAP uses the mark-up language WML (not HTML)
�WML is defined as an XML 1.0 application

[xliderider]

Wikipedia and Google searches will provide you with more information than you would care to know about all that you ask. As evidenced above. ^^^

[Iceman]

Haha good one rider. Except you are incorrect on both of your guesses. Yahoo my friend.

[david9962000]

Don't worry, we all started somewhere. Read the Blackberry 101 in Iceman signature, it will answer many questions.

[lynnpudas]

Don't worry, we all started somewhere. Read the Blackberry 101 in Iceman signature, it will answer many questions.

I did. It helped some

[amazinglygraceless]

GSM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Code division multiple access - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BlackBerry - Mobile Software - BlackBerry Mobile Data Software at BlackBerry.com

BlackBerry Browsers Explained | CrackBerry.com

Corporate
In a corporate environment, your BlackBerry is assigned to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). The BES allows the administrators to fully control your BlackBerry, including how you browse the internet. Every BES has a service called the Mobile Data System Connection Service (MDS-CS). This service allows data to flow between your BlackBerry and the BES, and eventually onto your company's network.

[lynnpudas]

That's a bit more clear. Thanks. I guess its like the ethernet at school. A lot of sites are restricted and blocked.