music.art.geekery.

while doing the DeviceAtlas API tutorial, i ran into a path/permissions issue on my server that i am unable to get around. I could just work locally via MAMP, but I wanted to test the site with the emulators on ready.mobi.

so today i investigated some light-weight alternatives to device detection. here’s some stuff, though i haven’t dug too deep yet:

• Detecting Mobile Devices Using PHP
• mobiledevicedetector
• Detect Mobile Browsers
• Lightweight Device-Detection in PHP
• Apache Mobile Filter
• PHP Mobile Detection
• Mobile Browser Detection in PHP

and i’m wondering how many alternatives there are to DeviceAtlas….

• www.handsetdetection.com
• Wapple Architect
• MobileMultimedia

and, if strictly developing WordPress sites, there are always mobile switcher plugins available:

• WordPress Mobile Pack
• WordPress Mobile Edition
• Mobile theme switcher
• etc…………………………