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51Degrees.mobi has a proven record of fast, reliable detection on ASP.NET website but it has always been restricted to environments within IIS. The 1.2 release has now changed this and detection can now be used offline outside of IIS from any .NET code.

Forward thinking web sites will have at least 2 different versions of their content. 1 for mobile browsers, and the other for the big screen desktop and laptop devices. 51Degrees.mobi does an excellent job of detecting the device type and redirecting the device to the correct content. To provide users with choice and enable them to switch between the different versions.

According to comScore the top Smart Phone OS platform in the US is Google Android.

51Degrees.mobi is now integrated into Sitecore's Mobile Device Detection software. Sitecore is one of the leading CMS platforms based on Microsoft technologies used by 27,000 companies worldwide.

Ensuring customers can easily read and act on the content sent to them via email or text message is becoming increasingly important to businesses. According to our Mobile Analytics service 7.2% of all web requests in the United States in May 2011 were from mobile phones or tablets. An email designed for a desktop or laptop email client such as Outlook, or a browser based e-mail service like Hotmail or Gmail won't look very nice when viewed on the small screen of even the most high end smartphone. There's simply too much content, pictures and links.

iPad's don't support ASP.NET ListBoxes. There are small differences in the JavaScript event model between Safari, iOS3 on iPad and iOS4 on iPad. These differences are precisely the sort of problems 51Degrees.mobi Framework solves.

We've been busy creating new products and services. Find out about:

• Our Free Mobile Analytics service providing details of handsets by month, country and manufacturer.
• Release 1.1 of 51Degrees.mobi Framework offering more control and features.
• Professional Support offering for businesses dependent on 51Degrees.mobi.

In it's April 15th article on mobile development The Wall Street Journel concludes the "The problem: The [mobile] talent pool isn't growing nearly that fast".

Mark Bridge at thefonecast.com writes the following concerning recent analysis of mobile data trends from Juniper Research.

A big thank you to Thomas Derenthal for sending me these InfoWorld articles about mobile web development. I think other readers and customers will find them interesting.