Palm WAP BROWSER User Manual

Palm

™

WAP Browser

Handbook

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Chapter 1: Using the Palm™ WAP Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Opening the WAP browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Opening a WAP site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Browsing a WAP site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Browsing secure WAP sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Opening a WAP site using a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Adding a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Editing a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Deleting a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using your push inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Disconnecting from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2: Using Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Changing gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting advanced options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using cache memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Selecting an Access Point Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Selecting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Creating password and signature key pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing your password or signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Viewing the public key and the signed key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Storing Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Viewing Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 3: Support and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

If you encounter a problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browsing is a fast and simple way to browse the Internet via specially formatted WAP sites and receive WAP Push messages. These WAP sites give you access to a wide variety of practical Internet information.

The Palm™ WAP Browser supports WAP Push allowing you to receive push messages. You can sign up with a provider to receive messages automatically to inform you of important events, such as changes in stock prices. The Push message can also be Palm WAP Browser notifications of new e-mails.

To use the Palm WAP Browser on the Internet, you must have an Internet connection. This guide describes the functionality of the Palm WAP Browser. Setting up the Internet connection is not described. For information on connecting to the Internet, see the handbook for your handheld.

Opening the WAP browser

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Opening the WAP browser is the same as opening other applications on your handheld.

To open the WAP browser:

Tap the Applications icon .

Tap the WAP icon .

A Welcome screen appears indicating you have successfully opened the WAP browser. The appearance of the Welcome screen differs depending on the Internet service provider (ISP) you are using.

Tap to access menu items

Tap icons to access functions

Indicates status of Push Inbox. Tap to go to Push Inbox.

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Opening a WAP site

The WAP browser allows you to open WAP sites on the Internet. The WAP sites are formatted using WML (WAP Markup Language). These WAP site addresses (URLs) usually begin with wap, for example wap.palm.com. Some WML sites also use www.

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browser. These web sites are formatted using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and the URLs usually begin with www, for example, www.palm.com.

The WAP browser does not open the same web sites as a standard web

To open a WAP site, perform one of the following:

■ Enter a URL

■ Select a URL from the History List

■ Select a bookmark (see “Using bookmarks” later in this chapter.)

To open a WAP site by entering a URL:

1. Open the Open URL dialog box by doing one of the following:

– Tap the Globe icon .

– Tap the Menu icon , and then tap Open URL.

2. Enter the URL.

Enter characters using Graffiti an item to insert common URL elements.

writing, the onscreen keyboard, or by tapping

Tap item to insert common URL elements

3. Tap Open.

To open a WAP site from the History List:

Tap the Globe icon .

Tap the pick list arrow.

The most recently visited WAP site URLs are listed.

Tap pick list arrow

Select a URL from the pick list and tap Open.

Browsing a WAP site

Browsing a WAP site using the WAP browser is similar to using a standard Internet browser. The browsing area displays the WAP site with text and underlined hyperlinks that can be accessed by tapping the link. The title bar displays information such as the name of the WAP site and navigation icons.

Browsing a WAP site

When a WAP page is being downloaded, the title bar displays the following:

Status

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– Connecting: Indicates the handheld is connecting to the WAP gateway.

– Sending: Indicates the WAP browser is sending a request to a WAP site to

download a page.

– Receiving: Indicates the WAP browser is receiving content from the WAP

gateway.

Stop icon: Tapping the Stop icon halts the download and only areas of the page

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that were downloaded are displayed.

Signal strength indicator: Shows the signal strength of the connection. If the

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signal strength indicator only shows one or two bars, the download could take longer or fail. Move to an area where you have a strong signal.

Status

Tap Stop icon to halt download

Signal strength indicator

When the WAP site is fully downloaded on the handheld, the title bar changes to display the name of the WAP site and the following navigation icons:

Back: Returns to the previous page.

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Reload: Downloads current page from the source. If you are using cache

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memory, the current page that is saved in cache memory is

not

used.

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Open URL, Bookmarks, and Welcome screen: Provide the same function as on

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the Welcome screen (see “Opening the WAP browser”).

Title indicates name of WAP site.

Browsing secure WAP sites

When you access certain secure WAP sites, such as a bank, you are temporarily transferred to a secure gateway. Whenever you are transferred to a secure gateway, you are informed of the change and asked for permission.

Navigation icons:

Back Reload Open URL Bookmarks Welcome screen

Tap OK to change to another gateway

Tap Cancel to deny permission to change to another gateway

Once you are finished with the secure site, the WAP browser will automatically change back to the default WAP gateway.

If the WAP browser is connected to a gateway using the optional security layer WTLS, a small padlock displays in the title area. Tapping the Padlock icon opens the Secure Connection Info dialog box describing the WAP gateway address and WAP stack configuration.

Tap Padlock icon

If you have a secure connection using a WAP gateway server certificate, tapping the View certificate button displays certificate information.

Using bookmarks

Bookmarks allow you to manage a list of your favorite WAP sites. You can easily access your bookmarks by tapping the Bookmark icon in the title bar.

Using bookmarks

Tap View certificate

Opening a WAP site using a bookmark

By tapping a bookmark on the Bookmarks list, you can quickly open the WAP site.

To open a WAP site from the Bookmarks dialog box:

Tap the Bookmark icon .

Tap a bookmark to begin downloading the WAP page.

Adding a bookmark

You can add a WAP site to the bookmarks list in two ways:

Tap a bookmark

Adding current WAP page using the Go menu

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Entering the information in the Edit Bookmarks dialog box

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To bookmark the current WAP page:

Open the WAP site.

Tap the Menu icon .

Tap Add to Bookmarks.

To enter a bookmark from the Edit Bookmarks dialog box:

Tap the Bookmark icon .

Tap Edit Bookmarks.

Tap to add the current WAP page to Bookmarks

Tap Edit Bookmarks

Tap New.

Ta p New

Enter the bookmark name and URL, and then tap Done.

Enter Bookmark name and URL

Tap Done

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