Browsing "clever" WAP sites problem...?

[Guest graham]

There are a couple of WAP sites I want to be able to browse from my SPV. Unfortunately, it seems that the sites are being clever and trying to determine the capability of the device and choosing the content accordingly. So instead of the WAP site I get the fully blown HTML site.

Is there anyway to force the SPV to load the WAP version?

Some examples are :

http://www.freedictionary.org/wap/

http://dlr.kizoom.co.uk

[Guest Fr33$t]

I'm having the same problem with AOL on my mobile. I refuses to enter the WAP site because my smartphone is too smart and has IE. CS at AOL said that I can't force a WAP page to show - so i assume it'll be the same for others too?

[Guest chewie]

I am actually developing a wapsite for a customer, we have a browser detect script, and the only way i can see the wapsite on my SPV is by typing the actual wap URL.

But for some reason i can't follow any links on this wapsite, and the phone is sooooo slow when wapping. Nokia 6310 works like a charm on the wapsite though! Its very odd!

[Guest j_sincla]

From within IE - Menu - Options

then Connections - make sure "detect automatically" is not ticked.

Then all your WAP, HTML etc sites will work. The auto detection is rubbish and makes Yahoo and Orange WAP sites fall over

[Guest Tyrant_worm]

If the site is addressed wsf:// rather than http:// the browser should treat the address as WAP.

[Guest budda]

If the site is addressed wsf:// rather than http:// the browser should treat the address as WAP.

Using wsf:// as the protocol in Pocket IE causes an error "this URL is not properly formatted... blah blah" :)

[Guest Playdoh]

prefix with wsp://

[Guest budda]

I used http://wap88.com/icq/Default.jsp and it worked a treat. ICQ on my SPV. 8)

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

Try also WebWAPSelect, available from my site. A little unreliable at times but does work on some "clever" WAP sites.