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The following lists the best and most useful WAP sites available on the web. I noticed there seemed to be a lack of decent up-to-date WAP directories available, so I thought I'd share some of my favourite mobile bookmarks. Hopefully to encourage people to leave the awful ring fenced WAP portals the mobile operators provide.
When WAP was launched in the late 90s it was totally over-hyped and most people realised WAP was crap, but some sites are genuinely useful (like Pub Quiz Help!) when away from your PC and the full-fat web.
Once you accept that you're not going to get the rich multimedia experience you've been used to on your PC, you'll learn to appreciate the simple text based layouts of most WAP sites which allows you to get to information quickly while out and about.
Note - Most of the links listed have a UK slant, you can click on the links directly if you have a wml enabled web browser such as Opera or Firefox (with an extension installed). But to get the links on your phone you'll have to type the urls in manually for the moment.
| Pub Quiz Help | |
|---|---|
| Pub Quiz Help - Lists of facts for your phone | http://wap.pubquizhelp.com/ |
| News | |
| BBC News | http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/index.wml |
| BBC Weather | http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/weather/index.wml |
| Ananova | http://wap.ananova.com/ |
| Lottery Central - Check UK lottery numbers | http://wap.lotterycentral.co.uk/ |
| FT - Financial Times | http://wap.ft.com/ |
| Sports | |
| BBC Sport | http://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_sport/index.wml |
| Sky Sports | http://mobile.sky.com/ |
| ESPN | http://proxy.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/wml/ |
| SportsPubs.co.uk - Find pubs showing sport on TV | http://www.sportspubs.co.uk/wap/ |
| Travel | |
| BBC traffic | http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/traffic/index.wml |
| Kizoom Train Info | http://mobile.nationalrail.co.uk/ |
| MapQuest - Directions and travel Guide | http://wl.mapquest.com/gb/ |
| Transport for London - Live Tube and Bus information | http://wap.tfl.gov.uk/ |
| Tube Planner - Plan underground journeys | http://wap.tubeplanner.com/ |
| Location based directories | |
| Somewherenear.com - UK geographic search engine | http://somewherenear.com/wap/ |
| UK compass - Find nearby shops & services | http://ukcompass.com/start.wml |
| Up My Street - Search by postcode | http://wap.upmystreet.com/ |
| World City Guide | http://ohm.wcities.com/index.wml |
| Yell - yellow pages | http://mobile.yell.com/search/mobile/ |
| Search & Portals | |
| Google - WAP search | http://www.google.com/wml?hl=en&wmlmode=wml |
| Click 4 WAP | http://www.click4wap.net/wap_index.php |
| Wuite | http://wap.wuite.com/m-portal.wml |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Ents24 - Entertainment Guide | http://www.ents24.co.uk/o2/ |
| Pocket Doctor | http://wap.pocketdoctor.co.uk/ |
| Digiguide - TV Listings | http://www.mydigiguide.com/dgx/wbl.dll?h=3&a=201 |
| Email via WAP | http://mail2web.com/wap/ |
| Free Wallpapers & Ringtones | |
| Esato - free wallpapers and Sony Ericsson Themes | http://wap.esato.com/wap/ |
| TagTag Pictures - Backgrounds for your phone | http://tagtag.com/site/wapdir/picture_menu.php |
| Mobile Forums - Free polyphonic ringtones and wallpapers | http://www.mobileforums.org/index.wml |
| Nok-Tonez.com - Nokia and other mobile content | http://www.nok-tonez.com/wap/ |
| The Mobile Galaxy - polyphonics and pictures | http://wap.themobilegalaxy.com/index.wml |
| Fi24.com - ringtones, pictures, and java | http://wap.fi24.com |