2.8 Browsing the Internet
2.8.1
Web accessibility
The Nuance Accessibility Suite for Series 60 offers access to the Nokia Web browser used on handsets
running Series 60 3
rd
Edition, and to the Nokia WAP browser. It does
not
offer access to the Opera or
NetFront
®
browser, which you can find on some Series 60 phones as well. The Web browser is called
Internet
, located in the phone’s main menu, and it can only be found on Series 60 3
rd
Edition handsets.
To find the WAP browser on your phone, go to the main menu, and look for
Web
or
Services
. Handsets
running Series 60 3
rd
Edition FP1 and later do no longer offer a separate application icon to start the
Nokia WAP browser; instead, it is executed by the Web browser when viewing a “classic WAP” (WML)
page. The option
WWW
is usually associated with other browsers.
The Nokia WAP browser supports access to WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and limited access to
HTML pages on the Internet. WAP is an open, global specification that lets mobile users with wireless
devices easily access and interact with information and services. WAP pages are usually optimized for
small devices and thus load faster than most HTML pages.
TALKS offers full support for the Web browser, by providing its content in a virtual buffer, similar to
what PC screen readers do. Key commands help you get to the part of a web page you are interested in.
By contrast, for the WAP browser TALKS cannot gain access to the underlying WML (Wireless Markup
Language) or HTML code of a page. Therefore, TALKS relies completely on what is shown on the display
of your phone. As a result, you should not expect to hear details about the structure of these pages or a
continuous readout of the complete content, which you get when using the Web browser. However,
TALKS recognizes the types of objects that you can select and announces textual content. The type of
page that can or cannot be read also depends on the version of the WAP browser. Newer phones or
firmware versions usually offer better access, particularly to HTML pages.
2.8.2
Configuring your phone for the Internet
To use the Internet on your phone, you need to configure the phone according to the requirements of
your mobile network provider. In some cases, the configuration settings can be sent to your phone in a
special SMS message, in which case you do not have to perform the configuration manually; you just have
to save the configuration message. Contact your network provider’s service representative to find out
whether you can obtain such a configuration message. If not, the service representative can probably tell
you how to perform the configuration.
Note:
If you have a Nokia phone, you can obtain the configuration message from the Nokia website
(
http://www.nokia.com
). Select your location, and then select
Support
and
Phone
Settings
. Follow the
instructions and enter the requested data. Nokia will send the configuration message to your phone free of
charge.
Newer Nokia phone models also come with a Settings utility that you can find in the main menu. This
utility automatically identifies your network provider and then performs your phone’s Internet
configuration.
2.8.3
Getting started with the Web browser
2.8.3.1
Starting and configuring the browser
On any handset running Series 60 3
rd
Edition, you can start the Web browser by pressing
[Select]
on the
Internet
icon that can be found in your phone’s main menu. Another way to start the browser on
handsets running Series 60 3
rd
Edition FP1 is pressing
[0]
for about one second on the Stand-by screen.
When any web page is displayed, you can press
[Key 1]
(“Options”), and choose “Bookmarks” to display
the list of bookmarks. You can type a web address when these bookmarks are displayed. Note that the
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