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Designing and developing websites for mobile devices, such as mobile phones and PDAs.

"Over the past few years, mobile web usage has considerably increased to the point that web developers and designers can no longer afford to ignore it. ... A large increase has also been seen in developing nations where people have skipped over buying PCs and gone straight to mobile."
— SmashingMagazine

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Detecting Mobile Devices — Don't Bother http://blog.adrianroselli.com/2011/10/detecting-mobile-devices.html Yes, it is really hard. "Try to solve the objective earlier in the overall process: Generate a different URL for mobile, embed it in different QR codes, look into feature detection, look at using CSS media queries to display or hide alternate content, and so on. Every case may require a different solution, but falling back to methods that were never reliable certainly isn't the right default approach. " Adrian Roselli : October 2011

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Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-mobile-bp-20080729/ Guidelines for design for mobile devices W3C : aug 2008

W3C releases mobile web best practices http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/07/30/w3c-releases-mobile-web-best-practices/ Article about the W3C guidelines, with good comments. SitePoint : aug 2008

how-tos

How to build a mobile website http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/11/03/how-to-build-a-mobile-website/ "The mobile arena introduces a layer of complexity that can be difficult for developers to accommodate. Mobile development is more than cross-browser, it should be cross-platform. The vast number of mobile devices makes thorough testing a practical impossibility, leaving developers nostalgic for the days when they only had to support legacy browsers." Good overall view and how-tos, good links to more at bottom of page. Smashing Magazine : November 2010

How to make your website mobile compatible http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/how-to-make-your-website-mobile-compatible-714023 "The popularity of smartphones and cheaper data packages from network providers have driven a sharp rise in mobile web usage, which is not just reserved for the latest and greatest smartphones. ... mobile websites are built using existing web technologies. " Ste Brennan - Computerlove : September 2010

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