WAP can support the business by improving productivity with its other capabilities. For example, Web-based calendars and messaging services are useful business applications for personnel on the road. WAP can send data from a Web page to any WAP-enabled wireless device. Users on the road can access their email, and salespeople can access customer and catalog data. For example, they can check inventory, place orders, and confirm order status, providing on-demand information to the customer as needed.
Realtime data goes a long way toward closing the deal and satisfying the customer.
Enabling Your Corporation for Wireless Because of the unique nature of WML, simply porting HTML pages to WML will not work. A separate site is necessary. WML sites are mostly text, with simple graphics. Wireless Web sites are predominantly navigation menus. Because of the screen size constraints and text entry complexity on today's devices, simplicity is a basic design guideline.