[LINK] The iPhone marketing honey pot...

[Ivan Trundle]

On 12/07/2008, at 2:06 PM, Peter Bowditch wrote:

> Ivan asked:
>
>> Optimised? Can anyone identify what they've done, and to what sites?
>>
>> Most sites written properly need NO optimisation at all - though it
>> does help to add a single line to allow for scaling...
>
> If you come in from a smart phone (or even a iPhone) you get  
> redirected to
> http:/m.news.com.au,

Not from an iPhone, unless you're hacking the user-agent string...

> which is a much better layout for small screens than
> the standard one at www.news.com.au

Try this: http://iphone/news.com.au

And then compare to this: http://m.news.com.au

I know which one I'd rather read on my iPhone...

By the way, for both Windows and Mac users - if you use Safari, it's  
possible to set in your preferences which user-agent you'd like to  
masquerade as: very useful for development (yeah, Firefox can do it  
with plug-ins).

>
>
>>
>> iT
>>
>> On 11/07/2008, at 3:38 PM, Peter Bowditch wrote:
>>
>>> I just love hype.
>>>
>>>> NEWS DIGITAL MEDIA LAUNCH IPHONE-OPTIMISED VERSIONSOF THEIR LEADING
>>>> WEBSITES
>>>>
>>>> News Digital Media today announced the launch of specially designed
>>>> versions of its websites for the Apple iPhone.
>>>
>>> Works beautifully - on a Windows smart phone.
>>>
>>> Looks like I have an iPhone clone.
>>>
>>> -- 
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