April 27, 2005

Access gmail through WAP

I've been looking for a way to access my Gmail through WAP for the past 5 months (since I've discovered that GPRS is actually cheap here in SA with the Vodacom network). I use my Gmail account more than any other of my email accounts but it's been really frustrating not being able to access it on the go and I was hoping google will address this problem (actually feature request) at some point. But in the mean time I've had to check out other options. I've tried a couple of them but none of them seemed to work.

Basically my WAP browser would get to the login page (of the solutions I've tried) but after filling in the form and hitting submit, it wouldn't go further.

Yesterday I stumbled upon GmailWireless; a solution which allows you to register (a basic process for them to check that you really have a Gmail account) and then all you have to do is to direct your browser to wap.gmailwireless.com, fill in the login for and in Gmail you are! It's pretty nifty and now I can access my emails from anywhere. What else could one wish for? :-p

If you've got GPRS or can access WAP sites through any other means while on the go, I think you might want to try this out.

In terms of requirements, I have no idea whether the version of WAP supported by your browser is of any importance but for the information, by browser has WAP 2.0 capabilities.

Good day!

1 comment:

  1. Google Applications of Sitebases ProtocolJanuary 1, 2007 at 6:54 AM

    Wap OK, only too small

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