If you normally follow our blog, you might be aware of how difficult is developing Mobile Websites. There is a plethora of formats, standards and device features that must be taken into account by mobile web developers.
.mobi has created its own solution to this problem. Unfortunately, not for free. This is the service explanation, according to .mobi site:
“DeviceAtlas is the world’s most comprehensive database of mobile device information. Everything you ever wanted to know about every handset on the planet. Search and view the data for free, and then download into your applications so that you can thrill your users - whatever handset they own.”
Searching and viewing the data is for free, but when you eventually include the information in your application, you must buy a license. Strange, taking into account that WURFL, the de-facto standard for device identification, is a free and open-source solution massively addopted by the community. DeviceAtlas claims WURFL as one of their information sources, among others.
I personally think that this kind of solutions should be provided for free. Probably W3C should be more actively involved. They are currently standardizing their own device database. But, you know, things are easy and slow there.
Link .mobi DeviceAtlas
