Mobile Marketing: An Hour a Day

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Device Detection

As noted in Chapter 4, “Week 3: Maximize Reach with Mobile Websites,” when a browser sends a request to your site for a page, it also sends along an identifier known as a user agent. A script on the website detects that user agent and returns the right content for the particular device. The following device detection tools can assist in that process.

Device Atlas www.deviceatlas.com

Mobiforge www.mobiforge.com

WURFL wurfl.sourceforge.net

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