WAP VS. IMODE
| Features | WAP | iMODE |
| 1. Language Used
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WAP 1 : WML (Wireless Markup Language);
equivalent of HTML
WAP 2 : XHTML (eXtensive Hyper Markup Language)
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cHTML
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| 2. Image Format
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Images are in WBMP (Wireless Bitmap)
formats
WAP 2 : GIF images
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- Basic Functions : images are in GIF
Format
- Advanced Functions (2G/2.5G and 3G) : JPEG format can be used. - Version 3 of iMODE HTML supports the following features:
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| 3. Image Size (W x H)
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- An image should not be larger than 150
x 150 pixels. But bear in mind that the WAP device screen is very limited.
- For instance the Nokia 7110 screen is 96 pixels (width) by 65 pixels (height), so 150 by 150 pixels would look enormous, and take up more than the entire screen.
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No specific requirement. As long as the the page doesn't
exceed the page file size.
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| 4. Image File Size
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- All graphics are limited to a size of
1461 bytes
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No specific requirement. As long as the the page doesn't
exceed the the required file size.
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| 5. Automatic Image Size Reduction
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- No.
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- Yes.
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| 5. Image Colors
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- WBMP Format. It is a 1 bit (either
black or white) version of the BMP format. Consequently, all graphics
must, in order to be compliant to the specifications, be converted into
wbmp.
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- Models with color display capabilities
can use a 256-color palette.
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| 6. Page File Limitation
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- Based on the Nokia's
recent emulator (Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit, Version 4 May 2003), the
following are the page file sizes to be used for each series: - series 30 : 2.8K - series 40 : 5.6K - series 60 : 10K
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- Default size is 5K. - However others have the ability to expand that amount to 8 KB, 10 KB, or even 15 KB. However, unless one is creating dynamic applications that check the user agent string for the specific cache size of the handset making a request, you should stick to 5KB as a maximum
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| 7. Animation
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- No.
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- Animated GIF (iMODE compatible HTML and
later) - Flash (SWF) For 3G phones.
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* For detailed information (documentation), click here.
This is the merged documentation of Lloyd and Mercedes.Dated : April 16, 2004