Wireless Application Protocol or WAP. Never heard of it? Well get use to it, because that’s where this portable world is going.

Earlier this year, while vacationing at Florida, I dropped and killed my iPod. I went out and got an iTouch and little did I know that this would change the way I view the internet. I was able to see websites exactly the way they were meant to be seen on a computer, without having to carry around a heavy laptop. I made another discovery when I went into the Fandango.com website to see what movies are out. The first thing it asks is if I want to view the regular site or the “iPhone” version. I pressed iPhone and I got a very simple, easy to manage version of their website designed for the iPhone (or iTouch) screen. I began to realize that there were other websites doing this. All thanks to WAP.

A WAP browser gives us the basic services of a computer based web browser but simplified to operate with a mobile phone. WAP sites are websites written in WML (Wireless Markup Language) and accessed via the WAP browser. As a person still learning website design, this scared the daylights out of me! Has everything I learned to make websites ALREADY gone obsolete? Do I have to change my approach to satisfy the portable surfer? Should I go into construction?

One thing’s for sure, with all the new phones coming out like T-Mobile’s Android, and the Blackberry Storm, we can see where this is going.