Best mobile Wx Websites

"Robert M. Gary" writes:

Any opinions on the best websites for mobile users?

To do what exactly? If all you want is to check airport METARs and
TAFs, then I use these two free ones:

http://wap.cupitt.com
http://www.wapmx.com

I'm not able to figure out what mapmx does. You send them an SMS and
they send you a METAR? I have GPRS with GSA so I can browse for METARs
on the web, but I'm paying 1cent per KByte over the cellualar network
so I'm looking for something low bandwidth.

(BTW: The wap.cupitt.com website does not work. It just tries to
download some application).

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm not able to figure out what mapmx does. You send them an SMS and
they send you a METAR? I have GPRS with GSA so I can browse for METARs
on the web, but I'm paying 1cent per KByte over the cellualar network
so I'm looking for something low bandwidth.

(BTW: The wap.cupitt.com website does not work. It just tries to
download some application).


did you try the wap.cupitt.com with your cell phone? It works fine for my
Sprint phone and is about as low bandwidth as you can get.

And that's not an application it's a language, like HTML that Explorer
doesn't handle.

Gig

Gig,
I tried it with my kyocera 7135, it a cell phone with a palm pilot. I
can get the page to load but all it shows me is two drop downs. I can
select different items but the page never advances to show me any result
based on my selection. I'm using the kyocera web browser. Maybe I need
another browser.
Dave
68 7ECA

Gig Giacona wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...

I'm not able to figure out what mapmx does. You send them an SMS and
they send you a METAR? I have GPRS with GSA so I can browse for METARs
on the web, but I'm paying 1cent per KByte over the cellualar network
so I'm looking for something low bandwidth.

(BTW: The wap.cupitt.com website does not work. It just tries to
download some application).



did you try the wap.cupitt.com with your cell phone? It works fine for my
Sprint phone and is about as low bandwidth as you can get.

And that's not an application it's a language, like HTML that Explorer
doesn't handle.

Gig

It is an error in the page or more likey something left out. When I tried it
I too just got the drop down selection menu and no go button my
Sprint/Samsung phone did have an "accept" soft button to take the place of
the GO button.

Not long ago NOAA/NWS created a WAP site and they also left of the GO button
and there was no soft button either. I e-mailed them and they responded that
they would forward the issue to the programers. It was fixed in a day or
two. Now there is both a GO and a soft button.

I assume different phone/SW combos use a different method of selecting from
a pull down menu and it is something that the programer of the site has to
take into account.

Gig

"dave" wrote in message
...
Gig,
I tried it with my kyocera 7135, it a cell phone with a palm pilot. I can
get the page to load but all it shows me is two drop downs. I can select
different items but the page never advances to show me any result based on
my selection. I'm using the kyocera web browser. Maybe I need another
browser.
Dave
68 7ECA

Gig Giacona wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...

I'm not able to figure out what mapmx does. You send them an SMS and
they send you a METAR? I have GPRS with GSA so I can browse for METARs
on the web, but I'm paying 1cent per KByte over the cellualar network
so I'm looking for something low bandwidth.

(BTW: The wap.cupitt.com website does not work. It just tries to
download some application).



did you try the wap.cupitt.com with your cell phone? It works fine for my
Sprint phone and is about as low bandwidth as you can get.

And that's not an application it's a language, like HTML that Explorer
doesn't handle.

Gig

thanks Gig, I was wondering about a soft button requirement. I ran the
page on an emulator site and it looked like it showed a generic "send"
button as a go button. The emulator only produced one of the dropdowns.
Dave
68 7ECA

Gig Giacona wrote:
It is an error in the page or more likey something left out. When I tried it
I too just got the drop down selection menu and no go button my
Sprint/Samsung phone did have an "accept" soft button to take the place of
the GO button.

Not long ago NOAA/NWS created a WAP site and they also left of the GO button
and there was no soft button either. I e-mailed them and they responded that
they would forward the issue to the programers. It was fixed in a day or
two. Now there is both a GO and a soft button.

I assume different phone/SW combos use a different method of selecting from
a pull down menu and it is something that the programer of the site has to
take into account.

Gig

"dave" wrote in message
...

Gig,
I tried it with my kyocera 7135, it a cell phone with a palm pilot. I can
get the page to load but all it shows me is two drop downs. I can select
different items but the page never advances to show me any result based on
my selection. I'm using the kyocera web browser. Maybe I need another
browser.
Dave
68 7ECA

Gig Giacona wrote:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
egroups.com...


I'm not able to figure out what mapmx does. You send them an SMS and
they send you a METAR? I have GPRS with GSA so I can browse for METARs
on the web, but I'm paying 1cent per KByte over the cellualar network
so I'm looking for something low bandwidth.

(BTW: The wap.cupitt.com website does not work. It just tries to
download some application).



did you try the wap.cupitt.com with your cell phone? It works fine for my
Sprint phone and is about as low bandwidth as you can get.

And that's not an application it's a language, like HTML that Explorer
doesn't handle.

Gig

I'm on a Dell Axim x50v PDA with BlueTooth to my AT&T Motorola V551
internetting via GPRS (over GSM).

-Robert