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WAP on mobile phone - just get XML code

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:05 am
by zicksivbinm11
Hi guys,

I have a perfectly working subsonic server on my Windows machine. I can access it from outside the network without problem.

Subsonic says, "Mobile phone: You can control Subsonic from any WAP-enabled mobile phone or PDA. Simply visit the following URL from your phone: http://yourhostname/wap"

However, when I visit that location from my smartphone [HTC Legend running Android 2.2] instead of a GUI [b]I'm given a bunch of XML code[/b]. I am able to use subsonic through the Android App just fine, but shouldn't this "yourhostname/wap" thing work too?

Any thoughts?

Thanks
zicksivbinm

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:38 pm
by bluetooth
I have the same thing. Have you tried any other browsers, like Opera?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:59 pm
by bluetooth
Just tried it with the Opera browser and it works. I can't stand the UI, but it does work.

I'm going to stick with the subsonic android app, which I think is fantastic.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:09 pm
by bushman4
If you look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_A ... n_Protocol

You will see that WAP was created so that text-based "browsers" could get slightly enriched content. In that tween time between a cell phone being just a cell phone and a cell phone being a full PC (or damn close to it) there were phones that had very basic "web" capabilities, and they worked because they had a WAP browser built in and could access WAP interfaces on web sites.

Mostly useless in today's modern-day-full-browser-in-your-pocket world.

HTH,

Glenn

PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:34 pm
by bluetooth
Everything works, but I won't bother with it. I'm going to stick with the android app.