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BPL Offers Icon Based WAP Site

Techtree News Staff, Sep 24, 2007 1455 hrs IST

The company claims the new site is based on Buongiorno's XHTML technology, and sports the look and feel of an icon-based rather than text-based WAP site.

BPL Mobile, along with Buongiorno, is offering consumers an icon-based WAP site at wap.mizone.bplmobile.com. The company claims the new site is based on Buongiorno's XHTML technology, and sports the look and feel of an icon-based rather than text-based WAP site. The new WAP site features: 'application adaptation' wherein if a particular handset supports a video streaming player, the site would then show Mobile TV; 'content adaptation' whereby the site renders different content to different users depending on the ability of their handsets; 'display adaptation' by means of which the site renders content in a way so as to fit the display screen size and other supported features; and 'automatic selection' of either WML- (text-based WAP) or XHTML- WAP depending on the type of handset. According to Sunzay Passari, vice president, value-added services and devices, BPL, the new site is different from current WAP sites in that it is more user-friendly, and uses XHTML instead of WML as language. XHTML is a technology designed to speed-up the creation of services, and enhance the usability of wireless services for consumers. While it has already received phenomenal support globally, in India, it's still in its nascent stage.