Once connected, you'll find yourself lacking access to most Web sites. Content is limited to basic news, weather, etc., from a lackluster list of 32 selections. There are some additional hurdles to overcome. Right now, the cellular industry is working on implementing faster wireless access to the Internet. Competition from the likes of the Pocket PC and future products like the Stinger and Quartz will allow users to use HTML directly with color graphics.
Security also is a concern.
Currently, the WAP model requires that cellular providers decrypt and re-encrypt information at the WAP gateway. Not exactly comforting news. The Math Right now, there are approximately 100 million cellular phones in the United States. But in its current state, we do not anticipate that customers will want to keep the service. Even if customers do, it's unclear whether Web integrators will WAP-enable their Internet sites.