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Imagine stepping out of an office building on the way to the airport and using your WAP-enabled, wireless device to check the traffic report. Finding congestion, you locate the train timetable and choose to purchase a train ticket on-line instead of driving. On the way to the airport, you select your aisle seat, check in for the flight, and reserve a special meal. Finally, you unpack your raincoat after looking up the weather at your destination (WAP Forum, 1999).
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Helyar, V. (2002). Usability of Portable Devices: The Case of WAP. In: Brown, B., Green, N., Harper, R. (eds) Wireless World. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0665-4_13
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