Device Detection

Last week Google finally put us all out of our misery regarding the "Mysterious L", by officially announcing the latest version of their Android operating system. The new Android 5.0 Lollipop hasn't been officially released yet (Although it has been in Beta for a number of months), but it is already the most eagerly anticipated development for Android fans in a long time, it seems that everybody can't wait to upgrade.

One-off payments are replaced by in-app purchases, subscriptions and advertising. While the first two are generally regulated and depend on platform vendor, ads are cross-platform and often neglected by both designers and advertising agencies. Learn how to increase user engagement and advertisements efficiency by detecting screen diagonal size of requesting devices.

This week introduces LG 's smartphone G3S D724 that was announced in July 2014 and was released in August 2014.

Integrating Device Detection into your web site is more urgent than ever. Data suggests that we are close to seeing a third of all requests originate from mobile devices which means that no organisation can afford to offer a negative mobile or tablet experience anymore. This article will help you understand what to look for in a device detection solution and provide a 13 point checklist to help you pick the right solution for your business.

This week introduces Walton 's smartphone Primo RX2 that was announced in June 2014 and released in July 2014.

This week introduces Sony 's newest smartphone Xperia C3 that was announced in July 2014 and is expected to be released in August 2014.

If you could easily tell what type device was on your site, your server can make intelligent decisions about what content, scripts, and styles to send without you needing to worry about cross browser support for every part of your web application. This blog post shows how easy it is to address these issues with the new features of Microsoft MVC5.

This week introduces verykool newest smartphone JASPER II s352 and Micromax Bolt A069 that was first seen in June 2014.

This week introduces EXPLAY's newest smartphone Rio which was released in June 2014 and also Icemobile Prime 4.0 elegant and capable smartphone that was first seen in May 2014.

Detecting mobile devices is important as websites designed with large desktop computer screens in mind rarely perform well on a mobile device. Detecting such devices allows you to present content in the right fashion for the viewing device which improves website performance for your visitors and leads to better user experience. You will find many device detection products on the market and they all claim to be the fastest and most accurate but they do not provide proof. 51Degrees device detection solution achieves 99.97 percent accuracy with 5 million detections per second on hardware that costs less than 1000 USD which makes our solution the fastest, most efficient and hence most environmentally friendly. 51Degrees device detection is easy to deploy in PHP, .NET, Java, Perl, Python and C. In this article you will find test results for the 3 test hardware platforms we used as well as instruction on how to test our device detection solution in your environment in just 4 easy steps.