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POMobile Device Browser File vs. WURFL for ASP.NET
 

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    <p>I am working on a commercial web application that has a separate mobile browser version intended for the more capable devices (BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, etc). I don't want to do simple User Agent contains style logic and was looking at the various detection libraries. It seems like WURFL and Mobile Device Browser File are my best options.</p> <p>The <a href="http://mdbf.codeplex.com/" rel="noreferrer">Mobile Device Browser File</a> (MDBF) project at CodePlex exposes information through the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.browser.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Request.Browser</a> property. Also, it has a Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL). <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jongallant/archive/2009/04/03/mobile-browser-detection-in-asp-net.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Mobile Browser Detection in ASP.NET</a> mentions "data for MDBF comes from WURFL" and <a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MixMobileWebSitesWithASPNETMVCAndTheMobileBrowserDefinitionFile.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Mix: Mobile Web Sites with ASP.NET MVC and the Mobile Browser Definition File</a> confirms MBDF is "created from a database from many sources, including the popular WURFL mobile device capabilities database."</p> <p>51degrees has a <a href="http://51degrees.mobi/Products/NETMobileAPI/tabid/86/Default.aspx" rel="noreferrer">.NET Mobile API</a> that uses the <a href="http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer">WURFL</a> data files and also populates <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.browser.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Request.Browser</a>. It is licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1. and claims:</p> <blockquote> <p>With the .NET Mobile API installed and WURFL providing mobile device data, these calls will return extremely accurate data when compared to the standard browser information provided by Microsoft</p> </blockquote> <p>Since the official <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wurfl/files/WURFL%20.NET%20API/1.0/WURFL.NET-1.0.zip/download" rel="noreferrer">WURLF .NET API</a> is distributed with a GPL License, so it is a non-starter for my project.</p> <p><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/WURFLImplementations.aspx?msg=2917384" rel="noreferrer">WURFL ASP.NET Implementations</a> compares ASP.NET implementations of WURFL, but this is over a year old (2009-01-16 - Article submitted) and doesn't mention the 51degrees API or MDBF.</p> <p>Can I get any feedback on which library to use.</p> <ul> <li>How often are these data files updated?</li> <li>Is it better to use feature detection that user agent parsing?</li> <li>Is an online service (e.g. <a href="http://www.handsetdetection.com/" rel="noreferrer">Handset Detection</a>) easier that update data files?</li> <li>Any other useful input.</li> </ul>
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