AG Forums: Mobile Friendly

[War Lord]

I recently purchased a smart phone.

To enable me to easier view the forums on the go I installed a hack that detects when the forums are being viewed on a mobile device and will automatically force a mobile-friendly theme.

If any of you are using mobile devices to browse, it should automatically detect you are and then force the mobile theme.

[The_Amaster]

Cool! I don't own an internet phone, but still cool!

[Skulkraken]

Sounds awesome.

I'm curious, though; how does the forum know whether it's being viewed on a mobile device?

[Masamune]

What smartphone, WL? I recently purchased a Palm Treo 700wx
http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/palm-treo-700wx-la.jpg
I need to figure out Verizon's data plans before I start browsing though.

[War Lord]

Sounds awesome.

I'm curious, though; how does the forum know whether it's being viewed on a mobile device?

It determines it based on your web browser I believe.



What smartphone, WL? I recently purchased a Palm Treo 700wx
http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/palm-treo-700wx-la.jpg
I need to figure out Verizon's data plans before I start browsing though.

The Motorola Q9m. I checked out all of Verizon's smart phones and decided upon it after it was all over. I'm pleased with the purchase thus far, especially after a few software downloads. I have the unlimited web, e-mail, and data plan. Are you paying per megabyte or whatever?

http://www.handcellphone.com/wp-content/themes/green-marinee/phonepic/cell-phone-spec-pics/603/motorola-q-9m-pda-review-1.jpg

[Masamune]

That looks snazzy. What version of Windows Mobile is that running? And as of now, I don't have net on the phone. But I know I'm not gonna be downloading enough on my phone to make unlimited worthwhile. But I don't want to get stuck with 10 bullshit MB a month either.

[War Lord]

It's Windows Mobile 6.

I really needed MS Office and E-Mail. The internet is just a magical side effect.
Between Live Search (http://livesearchmobile.com/) (Bad ass free download) to checking the net anywhere I'm at, the data plan is totally worth it. I also just found, but haven't tried Shadow Of Legend (http://www.shadowoflegend.com/)


If you don't want the unlimited data, did you just get the phone for texting?

[vegeta1215]

Hey WL, are you able to add an option to go to the regular version of the forums if you're on a mobile? The regular version is much easier to use on an iPhone/iPod Touch than this version, so having that option would be great.

[War Lord]

Done.
It should default to the Classic Nintendo on an iPhone.

[vegeta1215]

Awesome. You're the man WL ;)

(btw, regular themes worked fine before. It seems to be locked into Classic Nintendo even if you try to change the style now)

(posted with my iPod Touch!)

[Breaker]

I've been posting with my iPhone for months. Smartphone newbs!

[Pineconn]

I could probably appreciate this if I even had a phone period, but still, this is awesome. :thumbsup: Though, I had somebody go to AGN on a phone (no, it wasn't Pineconn_lolz), and it looked fine then.

[Masamune]

It's Windows Mobile 6.

I really needed MS Office and E-Mail. The internet is just a magical side effect.
Between Live Search (http://livesearchmobile.com/) (Bad ass free download) to checking the net anywhere I'm at, the data plan is totally worth it. I also just found, but haven't tried Shadow Of Legend (http://www.shadowoflegend.com/)


If you don't want the unlimited data, did you just get the phone for texting?

I got it because of the deal I got on it, and because I just wanted a solid well built phone. And the PDA aspect is helpful here and there.

[Breaker]

The only use for a smart phone is to put porn on it.

[mickiedaniels]

Thanks for the info War Lord! Lots of stuff can be done with today's phones, that's technology at its best!

[ctrl-alt-delete]

Thanks for the info War Lord! Lots of stuff can be done with today's phones, that's technology at its best!

This is your only post?

Lololol.

[AlphaDawg]

When I try to view the forums at work (naturally, only possible using a web proxy, NinjaCloak (http://www.ninjacloak.com) to be specific) the mobile theme comes up by default. I also can't log in. I forget the specific error message I get.

The work computers have IE6 installed on them. I understand any problems may not be with the forums, but with our neutered computers.

Since I now work at a VZW store, I get to play with all their Blackberries and smartphones quite a bit. I like the Q9m a lot. Once my AT&T contract is up I'll either get that or a Blackberry Curve. For now I still have my BlackJack 2.

[Deviance]

Just finally got to test this on my psp. It looks great!

[Fabiano the Spy]

It works fine on my iPod touch, good job mate.

[AlphaDawg]

I recently broke down and got a BlackBerry Storm (paying a hefty ETF to AT&T in the process). The forums work fine on it. The Storm has a full HTML browser so I actually have a choice between mobile and regular. I go with the mobile theme, it's much faster and easier to use, obv.

/not making this post on my Storm but have posted previously with it...

The unlimited data and e-mail plan at VZW is $30/month. That doesn't include texting. If you want unlimited texting and the minimum amount of anytime minutes (450) you're looking at about $90 before taxes per month.

[jerome]

Blackberry Curve seems to work just fine as well. Only thing that I run into as a problem is that the mobile version seems limited, but I'm guessing that it is supposed to be for quicker load times. (Much faster than pureZC).