NYCPHP Meetup

[Peter Sawczynec]

I think sensing mobile in general and at least about a Top 5 individual
phone types would be good.

A lot of really old info online on this topic. 
Here are a couple of 2009 article references for this topic.

A List Apart provides solid writeup:
http://alistapart.com/articles/returnofthemobilestylesheet

Another well-informed writeup:
http://www.bushidodesigns.net/blog/mobile-device-detection-css-without-u
ser-agent


Warmest regards, 
 
Peter Sawczynec 
Technology Dir.
blūstudio 
941.893.0396
ps at blu-studio.com 
www.blu-studio.com 



-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Kenneth Downs
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:25 PM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Mobile Phone Detection

I experimented with this and discovered simply looking at the display 
size did me pretty well.  Not many desktops have a 200x200px display :)

Peter Sawczynec wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone on the list has a favorite, most-bulletproof
> "User-Agent, CSS, browser sensing" strategy for sensing mobile phones
> and/or individual carrier mobile phone environments. 
>
> I am interested in a combined JavaScript / CSS @media or even a PHP
> route.
>
> Also, has anyone used WURFL? 
>
> I see that by looking at the User-Agent, Symfony has a CSS/template
> switching feature that allows you to deliver alternative web site
output
> to iPhone users, but this is too specific for me at this time. 
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Warmest regards, 
>  
> Peter Sawczynec 
> Technology Dir.
> blūstudio 
> 941.893.0396
> ps at blu-studio.com 
> www.blu-studio.com 
>
>
>
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