I need to create a mobile version of a website (think m.cnn.com). Is there a way to detect if a device is a mobile phone vs a mobile tablet (e.g. iPad, Xoom, etc.)?
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I need to create a mobile version of a website (think m.cnn.com). Is there a way to detect if a device is a mobile phone vs a mobile tablet (e.g. iPad, Xoom, etc.)?
The proper tactic isn’t to detect the device but rather to detect the capabilities. What you care about is that the client is 1024×768 or 800×480 or supports HTML5. If you get into the game of device detection you will lose — what happens when someone invents the next fancy shiny new iThing?