Hi, I'm interested in peoples thoughts about the "baseline" *, "Default Delivery Context" * or "Least Common Denominator" - especially in regard to what screen...
Michael, don't want to give more opinions, but just a bit of data: Over 90% of HTTP requests to mobile-optimised sites come from XHTML devices with 176px wide...
In addition to that, you have to consider that there are different user groups for different services. Let me explain this on an example: 1) You provide a...
Hi Michael, We **still** design for a lowest common denominator of 128x128px. Yes, there still are quite a few devices out there with small screen sizes like...
Hi, Does anyone know about screen resolutions for blackberries, I know the 8800 has 320 x 240 but I'm not sure on the earlier devices. I work in a large corp...
Hello, I'm a web designer for an online newspaper. As part of our redesign we're hoping to better serve mobile users. I thought I'd join this site to get...
Thanks Jesse, that's a great link, I was wandering around the RIM site trying to find - this is much better :-) Nicola ... in ... data ... know the ... work in...
One of the major items missing is secondary displays. Many Motorola phones have a smaller, secondary display that is available to Java ME applications. Eric...
Hello I have to go with: UK: 240x320 America: 176x220 India: 176x220 (heading toward 240) ..at least from the sort of work I've been doing lately. Most stuff ...
... "have to"? what do you mean by "have to"? ... You are in luck. I can't name a phone without WML-support but 176px wide screen, with the possible exception...
One should also take a look at AdMob's Sept. Mobile Metrics as one of the reference points: http://www.admob.com/metrics/ Of note, the top 5 handset...
I think your question as to which users will actually regularly access wireless data services on their handsets is an important one. Deciding on a baseline...
... Welcome to the group, Andrew. In addition to Barbara's excellent recommendations, also consider: http://passani.it/gap/ http://mobilewebbook.com/ Cameron...
Hi Will, Of course, wait unit we see the G-Phone right? ;) Joking aside, our public metrics give you insight into what handsets w/ what features are popular...
Hi George, My intent was never to discount the usefulness of fairly general mobile metrics (M:Metrics is also a great resource, albeit a bit pricey). It was...
Hi, apologies if this is a ridiculous question and I guess people would ask, why would you need to - when you can test everything in emulators. Its just that...
Nicola, There is slim chance of that ever happening. However, here is what you can do. Setup Firefox with the following plugins: XHTML Mobile Profile User...
Very right. The problem is still there when the mobile site is not reachable through the net, but only through an operator's gateway. In some cases, one can ...
Well, for one thing, you could just as well utilize transforming proxy in between the device and the server and achieve just that. How much would you pay for...
Thanks, this is very helpful, Nicola ... through ... can ... trick ... a ... with ... what ... are ... people would ... emulators. ... great ... when ... the ...
I used to use this many years ago it may work in some cases. If you the FULL URL just type it in. Jason Navarro <? header("Content-Type: text/vnd.wap.wml"); ...
Hi the only way I know of doing something like this is with a tool from Zandan (http://www.zandan.com/). It's PC based mutli-device emulator that works through...
actually a professional could need to do so, and for that a simple syntax highlight capable editor would be enough. I actually do helped dev friends to do so...
Don't forget - wmlbrowser - many devices only support WML, even recent ones - Firebug - to analyse the source and CSS - Modify Headers - this is better than...
Hi everybody, do you think an iPod touch would qualify as a substitute for an iPhone when it comes to just testing mobile websites? It seems to have the same...