Wap Push

duny

Can some one explain what a wap push is in lamen terms.

AstroTeg

I'm not a WAP expert nor have I played with it, but WAP push appears to be a way to send an SMS message to a phone, but the difference is the message header includes a link to the actual content. So the WAP push message (or the first SMS message) just sends a redirect link to the phone. The phone then prompts the user if they want to follow the link. If they do, the link will point to a WAP content server and the user can download the content or view it depending on the flavor.

Thats my take on it. From the looks of it, its like me sending you an email with a link to a 20mb video. I didn't send you an email with the 20mb video because:

thats a lot of video to be sending to you especially if I have to send to multiple friends
what if you don't have storage in your email for that 20mb video?
what if you just don't want to watch a 20mb video?

So if I send you a link, you can decide if you want to follow it or not.

duny

IS I LIKE SENDING A SMS MESSAGE, BUT HOW TO YOU INCLUDE A LINK IN A HEADER.

AstroTeg

Originally posted by duny
IS I LIKE SENDING A SMS MESSAGE, BUT HOW TO YOU INCLUDE A LINK IN A HEADER.

This a question? I'm not following your English...

duny

Sorry i guess i try to type as i speak.

Basically its a SMS message with a link with in the message.
You said something about the header. There is a link with in the header. How would you or i put a link with in the header.
can you show me an example of including a link with in the head using the mail() function

AstroTeg

I'm not sure on the technical details. A google search on "wap push" provided some interesting results.

andymoo

just sniffing and found this post, you need a ppg / push proxy gateway

you can do extra stuff with wap push like set timeouts and so on, nothing you can't do with a well setup wap site using some kind of tracking.

you can do stuff tho like stop a cell phone from sending wap pushed content to other handsets and so on.

the point being though... when only openwave 1.2 + phones are capable of supporting it so i understand

hth