John,
My problem is, how to find out the device information inside the
mobile device? Can i call an API in the OS to get the information?

-Uday.
--- In SVS_SIG@yahoogroups.com, "John Kern" <jkern@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Uday,
>
> Since you mentioned User Agent strings, I'm going to focus on the
web. In this context the
> server typically wants to adapt to the varoius mobiles connecting to
it. The UA string is
> defined by the browser on the handset. Have you heard of WURFL (http://
> wurfl.sourceforge.net)? It is an open source project which collects
data published by the
> handset manufacturers. WURFL is good for generic things that have
been around for a long
> time(ie, ringtones, xhtml, etc). If you want to do a transcoder to
hit a lot of phones, this
> might be a good starting point for our server.
>
> Is this along the lines you of your problem space? If not, would you
refine the problem
> definition?
>
> -jk
>
> --- In SVS_SIG@yahoogroups.com, "Uday Subbarayan" <kumarudaya@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Inside a mobile device, how do i get the device information
> > programmatically? For example, the http browser sends out the
> > information in the UA agents header. How does the browser gets this
> > information? Is it in the OS?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Uday.
> >
>