Understanding Emulators
HTML is displayed in Web browsers that run on most PCs. As you write your HTML on a PC, usually a PC with a browser installed, testing your code is pretty simple. In fact, many HTML editors feature integrated HTML browsers so you see what the output will look like while you work.
WML is displayed on microbrowsers on WAP-enabled devices. And you definitely do not write your WML code on a device such as a phone. As such, testing your WML code usually involves writing the code on your PC, deploying it to a WAP server, and connecting to an appropriate URL on your device. This is obviously not as simple as browsing your HTML code.
The important thing to remember is that devices do not parse and display WML. Rather, devices ...
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