[TMM]

The howardsforums doesn't seem to work very well on my wap phone, although I wonder if it's just the service that's not up & running.

However, as mobile phones and PDAs melt together (which is really starting to happen right now, just look at the sony ericsson P800 and others) I truly believe this idea should be worked on. Although WAP seems to be declared as a flop after the late 90's tech bubble, I submit to you that this is the point where WAP (or certainly wireless Internet in general) WILL become a widely used reality.

Using PDAs with high-res color screens and improved methods for text input, browsing forums and even posting shouldn't be too hard if the forums are designed with this usage in mind. These devices can be connected to the net through GPRS (which offers reasonable bandwith and charges only per MB downloaded instead of per minute) or WLAN (which offers great bandwith and is becoming very very popular), there really is no need to wait for "3G" or anything...

Personally I believe that forums could become something of a "killer app" for wireless devices much in the same manner as instant messaging. Combine mobility with an "always-on" connection, as well as people's desire to communicate (just look at the huge success text messaging has been in Europe, even with tiny displays and high prices) and interesting possibilities emerge...

Please post and elaborate on any progress with this project...

Regards,

TMM