Short for Wireless Application Protocol, WAP is an open international standard network that comes part of the package with most new phones. These days, even cheap mobile phones come with WAP, which allows users to connect to the Internet from a wide range of different locations while on the move.

Those who have one of the latest mobile phones will be able to use WAP to access the mobile web on their new mobile phones, and this is a quick and convenient way to stay in touch with friends and family, even when travelling to a different country or time zone.

The great thing about using WAP on the latest mobile phones is that it provides all the basic services that can be found on a computer-based web browser. Web pages are shown on the screen of even cheap mobile phones, and can be accessed at just the touch of a button.

WAP sites are either written in or dynamically converted to WML, which stands for Wireless makeup Language and then accessed via the WAP browser of new mobile phones. This revolutionary service has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few years and has transformed ordinary phones into mobile entertainment stations.

Users of new phones use their WAP service for a wide range of reasons such as tracking stock market prices, reading the latest news headlines and even downloading music and watching films. These days, those who spend time commuting to work never have to worry about being bored as they are able to take their world with them.