BBC News Online is available on mobile phones, palmtop computers and other wireless handheld devices. Get the top stories from World, UK, Sport, Sci/Tech, Business, Health, Education, and Entertainment on your device wherever you are.

Get News on your mobile phone

If you have a WAP-compatible mobile phone, you can access our specially-optimised news service for mobiles.

You will need to key in the address http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile into your phone, usually as a Bookmark.

Click below for more details on WAP services and how to set up some popular handsets.

A working example using our desktop emulator for WAP.

Mobile network providers like O2, T-Mobile and Orange have links to the BBC from their own portals. Try looking in their News sections or do a search for BBC News.

Alerts to your mobile

You can keep track of momentous national and international events on your mobile with our email alerts service.

All you have to do is follow our simple sign-on procedure and keep your email-enabled mobile switched on.

Get News on your PDA or smartphone

If you have a palmtop computer or powerful personal organiser you can access our PDA news service.

For PDAs or smartphones which can connect wirelessly to the internet, just go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile and you choose either our Text Only or With Pictures versions.

If you prefer to download content to your PDA for reading later, then try our synchronised version.