We couldn't resist the opportunity: it's almost as if the whole WAP¹ concept was invented for h2g2, so h2g2 is now available in WML² for WAP devices. It's only an initial demonstration of content and posting right now, and certainly not an indication of the future of wireless h2g2, but it's a start.

But what exactly does that mean? It means that if you have a WAP-enabled device (like a WAP phone or a WAP browser on your laptop) you can access h2g2 from anywhere, whether you're waiting for a train, sitting in a restaurant or strutting your funky stuff at a trendy nightspot. WAP devices can travel anywhere, and now h2g2 can travel with you.

Our WAP service already provides you with the following goodies:

• Check out the latest five Approved Guide Entries, as they go up.
• Search the Guide and read what you find on-screen.
• Create your own Journal, so you can let the community know what you're doing, as you do it
• Read the top five most active forums, so you can keep in touch with what's happening in the community as the stories break.

If you're interested in a little more on where h2g2 is going, here's a Powerpoint presentation given by Richard Harris, our Research Director³, at the First Tuesday forum in London on 14 December. It might just make more sense to you than it does to us.

h2g2 on the move: one more excellent reason to get a WAP device.

If you have a WAP-enabled browser you can check out our WAP service at wap.h2g2.com. Enjoy!

¹ Wireless Application Protocol. Nice acronym, eh?

² WAP Markup Language. It's all getting clearer, isn't it? No? Bear with us...