mobile-web

WAP for Android/iPhone/WebOS/Etc...

New to WAP, are there any good resources out there for WAP on Smart phones IE: Android/iPhone/WebOS/Etc... Looking to do some dev work but don't know where to get started ...

how to create layered map in mobile appliaction

Hi all, i have seen mobile application named locago on getjar.com , it has map with many layers i.e. layer for wikipedia . I'd like to know further about how to create map with layers in j2me mobile application ...

Mobile Website: Framework focused on Symbian and Blackberry

Hi, I received the task to add a mobile-friendly version of our website. Apps for iPhone and Android already exist (and their browsers are really good), so the focus of this website lies on Symbian and Blackberry devices. As I am a lazy programmer, I wanted to use some frameworks that help me in developing this website. I have found n...

Disable pinch/zoom in Android 2.1 browser on HTC devices

I'm building a mobile site and have the following meta tag set in the header: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> Unfortunately, this isn't working on HTC devices (HTC Hero, etc) with Android 2.1. Any ideas on how I can disable pinch-to-zoom in this browser? Wor...

Show jQuery slider on HTML page when html request came from computer , hide it when request came from mobile device?

Is there a way to show the slider when a computer access the page and hide it and to instead select display when mobile device (iphone) access throught mobile-safari? ...

accesskey on mobile browser

Is accesskey still be supported among the current browsers on mobile? How can I navigate website with accesskey on mobile browser? I have tried to search online but can't find any answer. Thanks. ...

turbogears and mobile site

is it possible to develop mobile versions of webpages using turbogears.can someone please show me an example and how it is done.need it urgently.thanks ...

How do I detect a mobile browser, and direct appropriate content to it?

I've read that its bad (not advised) to use User Agent Sniffing to send down the correct content for a mobile browser, so I'm wondering what IS the best way to do this? I'm using ASP.NET MVC, and I've built my site and it works well on desktop browsers, so I'm looking to begin building a mobile version. When a mobile browser comes to m...

Blocking device rotation on mobile web pages.

Is it possible to detect on my page, for example using Javascript, when user visit it using mobile device in portrait mode, and stop orientation changing when user rotate its phone to landscape? There is game on my page, optimized for portrait display only and I don't want it in landscape. ...

Launch google map from mobile Browser

I was using "google local" on NOKIA 6800 browser the search result page had a link "view on map?" Clicking on it launched Google Maps application, and map centered on the location of the search result. how it is done?? Javascript ?? I have seen similar behavior in Iphone ...

What JavaScript frameworks are out there for building smartphone websites?

Hi all, I'm looking to see what JavaScript Frameworks exist for the creation of Smartphone websites and what your experiences with them have been? Similar to the work in progress jQuery Mobile (http://jquerymobile.com/) Thanks, Denis ...

Remove autocomplete in code for Opera Mini Browser

Hey all We have a mobile web based app at my company. Due to the nature of the application we do not want the browser on the users phone to prompt the user to save the passwords on the form a.k.a the autocomplete feature. We managed to do that for IE and Firefox by setting the autocomplete tag to "off" but that doesnt seem to work for ...

How to put the Amazon Kindle Web Browser into Article Mode

How do you put the Amazon Kindle web browser into Article Mode via HTML or Javascript? Editor's note: Some pages are not automatically detected as "articles" by the Kindle 3 browser, and give an error message when trying to go into Article mode. What does the Article mode use to determine what portion of the page to display? ...

SpringMVC - Change view when accessed by Mobile

Hi All I was wondering if someone has already solved this. I have a SpringMVC app and we are adding support to WebKit type mobiles (iPhone and Android basically) so I was wondering someone has found an elegant way of defining specific views depending on the client that sent the request. I know that a simple if in a Controller implement...

BlackBerry browser error: The returned page had no content type, and therefore cannot be processed

Hey everyone, I'm developing a mobile web application and I'm currently testing my site against a handful of different devices, such as iPhone, Android, and some BlackBerries. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 (OS 5.0.x) can access my site with no problem, but the BlackBerry Tour 9630 (OS 4.7.x) gives me the following error message when I try a...

What is a good library for viewing .docx , .pdf & others on mobile. ?

I need a library or webservice to display documents on mobile devices like iphone , andriod , smartphone , i need to show then as html. Please share your views ? ...

mobile web site , which image type best

Lot of user opening my site in mobile, Tell me which image type will load quickly in mobile device , jpg,gif,png , Which one is best ? ...

500 Internal Server Error when mobile web app is accessed via a BlackBerry 9000 (Bold)

Hey everyone, I have a mobile web application and I'm testing the site by using various BlackBerry phones. I've noticed that if I use a BlackBerry 9000 (Bold) and I try and login, I receive a "500 Internal Server Error", but the login works fine when I use another BlackBerry model with a different operating system. Any ideas? ...

Shouldn't we use "Pixel" for anything in CSS, if we are making a site for mobile devices?

Shouldn't we use "Pixel" for anything in CSS if we are making a site for mobile devices? px for layout and font. Should we only use em or % for everything on mobile sites? and if i'm using <img> then should i defined height and width for <img> in HTML code? or it's good to not to define. or i should define size in css for <img> also in...

Same mobile web design for mobile devices with touchscreens and keyboards

Does anyone have resources about how to design for touchscreens and keyboard devices at the same time? Making navigation with the BlackBerry joystick as easy as with iPhone and Android? ...