and who knows what happens when these devices hit a site http://umpc.com/default.aspx http://reviews.cnet.com/Nokia_770_Internet_Tablet/4505-3127_7-31396042.html http://www.apple.com/iphone/
On 4/24/07, Mike Kelp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi John, your response was really valuable. I felt kind of foolish for not having looked up a mobile specific mailing list :-P I've joined up and started the searching previous to actually posting the question. The wordpress setup is a mix of user-agent, profile, mime-type and OS detection. There is also a PHP class that I found earlier that is actually a pretty impressive piece of work as it stores a big library of over 2000 phones that includes some of the device capabilities, etc. It does however seem like a futile effort as rather than having a big library file, it has an endlessly growing bit of detection code. See: http://phpclasses.goodphp.com/browse/file/7912.html My fear is the maintainance nightmare either of those would create as new devices come out, etc. but that may be what it comes down to hehe. My hope is that I might find a database of some sort that is at least maintained for me hehe. As for the devices I'm trying to detect, I'm going for any mobile device that is a non-desktop laptop machine...anything that might have too small a screen for the main site. Phones, PDAs, blackberry devices, etc. I don't need to know any of their features because all I'm going to do is forward them to the mobile site. The mobile site will be very simple and straight-forward text and menu to minimize bandwidth for mobile users who often have to pay by the bandwidth they use and provide something many different devices can use. Thanks again, Mike. John Ivanoff wrote: I am also interested in this too. I don't know if answer lives in here but It might be worth a look. mobile design sites and mail list. (I'm guessing they should have discussions on detecting mobile devices.) http://mobiledesign.org/ http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/000577.html wordpress has a mobile plugin http://www.andymoore.info/wordpress-mobile-plugin/ some code (php) http://www.andymoore.info/php-to-detect-mobile-phones/ mobile meaning PDA, blackberry or phone? My little phone only has a color 128px X 128px display. Another good article to read that will help in layout for mobile/low vision site. http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2005/06/24/zoom-layout.html check out the preference page... http://www.stopdesign.com/about/prefs/ Once again I am throwing way too information. John (I have had too much Mountain Dew!!!) On 4/24/07, Tom Woestman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike, I am curious – I have not tackled this problem but am curious if you tried detecting the browser type and what problems you encountered if you did? Thanks, Tom ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Kelp Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DFW CFUG] Mobile Device Detection Hey everyone...I'm researching ways to detect and redirect mobile devices to a mobile site for one of my clients and thought I would see if anybody on the list has attacked this problem. It seems there is not really a clean way to do it, but I can't even find one that seems to be the standard let alone reliable hehe. So, anyone had to do mobile phone detection? What was your solution and reason you picked it? Thanks in advance, Mike. _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.instantspot.com/ www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.instantspot.com/ www.teksystems.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.instantspot.com/ www.teksystems.com/
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