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Treo 600: using WAP mini-browser instead of full HTML, 5$ a month unlimited
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Posted by: sbomze

I have spoken to the people at the 1x tech suport for bell and they assure me that treo users can use a WAP minibrowser (costs 5$ a month for unlimited use) not only the full and expencive HTML browser.

I looked into this optian because i just want to be able to check my sympatico and hotmail e-mail accounts on my phone and don't want to spend 25$ amonth when i don't need to download files onto my treo.

Now I have dowloaded some WAP browsers for Palm (when i test them all out and find which works and what is the best i will report it).

I do however need to know what is the homepage adress for the WAP minibrowser for bell phones. It should be a default setting on normall 1x bell phones. the tech guy didn't even know the answer.

Once I have this info I can test out the browsers I have.

Out of intrest does anyone have a WAP browser for the Treo that works really well.

this is what i have so far:
http://www.filesaveas.com/palmwap.html

http://search.tucows.com/search?sea...tail_id=15&ref=

http://www.cellular.co.za/downloads...ap_software.htm

Posted by: Dreaderus

you dont have to pay $25/month, you can use pay per use the going rate I believe is $15/meg with no data features, although there are benefits to subscribing to a data feature.

Dreaderus

Posted by: sbomze

I am aware of that but if all i am doing is checking e-mail (sympatico, hotmail) paying 5$ a month for unlimited use sounds good to me.

the bell technition assured me it can be done, one just has to find a WAP browser that works on the treo, but palm doesn't make one (at least not for the treo).

None of mine have worked thus far.

Also I need to know he SMPT setting of teh bell 1x WAP network; specifically, what is the adress of the bell mobility wap page?

Posted by: Dreaderus

if you launch any app other then the openwave browser, it will not bill mobile browser fees but data.

if there is a way around this, I am unclear of how, nor would I think bell would support a circumvention of legitmate data fees to be classfied as "browser" usage when it is infact a palm app being usec with the unit "tricked" into thinking its browser.

Someone might know of a legimiate way of this but atm I have not heard of one.

Dreaderus

Posted by: rip

that $5 for WAP is just that for WAP browsing...anything outside of that you're going to pay for data...like email

Posted by: sbomze

I think you misunderstand.

if you are browsing using a WAP minibrowser (i.e. the simplified browser that can only open very specific pages in a simplified maner for cell phones)

now this service is ment for 1x phones not smartphones.
But i have been told that if you find a WAP minibrowser for palm use, you can access these simplified web pages on the treo.

Now if you only want to do searches for phone numbers , check e-mail and other such simplified things and don't mind dealing in a WAP text only environment then you don't have to use the full html browser and full html service that comes with the treo and is charged at 15$/mb.

This is not a trick, or some way to cheat the system.
I have spoken to tech support at bell.

In my case sympatico e-maila nd hotmail can both be accessed through WAP, as i have done on my old mobile phone.

That is why i want to find a WAP browser for the TREO

Posted by: Dreaderus

hmm does the treo not come with a regular wap browser? my 7135 did, it should have one, id have to confirm that though, would seem odd to release a unit that would not have it as it does generate revenue.

Dreaderus

Posted by: min1968

I don't know how Bell bills us but when I use Webviewer in my Audiovox 8450 for http browse(not WAP), I was not charged by BM so far.

Posted by: rip

picking up my Treo600 today...if it's there, i know people with GSM versions also use Blazer (included) and that's a WAP browser...if it uses the $5 browser...that'll save me a lot of dough too.

Posted by: rip

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okay yes its a WAP browser out of the box, the data plan gives you HMTL so $5 for unlimited is right...if it still is unlimited? I'll look around for those things you need but i'm most likely going on a data plan.

Posted by: rip

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the blazer browser works well....dont have an answer regarding BM addy for you, I just setup my rogers...it's going to be billed pay per use...i dunno? the push mail works well but I set mine to manual receive as i'll only use it if i'm expecting an important email on the road.