(keitai-l) Re: How to identify a mobile device with a redirect script

From: Kyle Barrow <kyle_at_X-9.com>
Date: 09/29/00
Message-ID: <NDBBIBLMOEECJPBNJNKCKEJCCDAA.kyle@X-9.com>
If J-Phone phones are added to BrowserHawk, they would flag true for PNG
support then. I'm still in the process of finding data for these and other
non-i-mode phones in Japan. Do J-Phone devices have a unique user agent for
each phone?

Kyle

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net]On Behalf Of Renfield Kuroda
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:37 AM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: How to identify a mobile device with a redirect
script




Kyle Barrow wrote:

> There is a property for a browsers PNG support. i-mode supports this - I
> thought they only handles GIFs?
>

i-mode handsets can only display GIFs. J-Phone handsets display PNG and JPG.

r e n


>
> I have tried to add as much information as I can squeeze out of DoCoMo
which
> will all be available through BrowserHawk. cyScape is even creating new
> characters per line and number of lines properties for i-mode. I would
like
> to see character/line values for non-i-mode phones but am not sure where
to
> start looking.
>
> Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Jon Baer
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:40 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: How to identify a mobile device with a redirect
> script
>
> Cool,
>
> Are they going to have specifics on PNG support, Gif89a support, etc?
> Unfortunatley no header to differentiate between graphics themselves it
> seems.
> The UserAgent should be sufficient but they should also keep a track (or
> map) of
> maybe what the phones themselves support in house, is this what you are
> doing?
>
> Like if you can tell the model, should be able to get some definitions
from
> the
> model.
>
>          [ excessive quoting removed ]

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