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| || Android 3.2 || Browser || Yes || Sorta || Yes geo: || ? || Yes || || Android 3.2 || Opera Mobile || Yes || Sorta || Yes geo: || ? || Yes || || Android 3.2 || Skyfire || Yes || Sorta || Yes geo: || ? || Yes || || Android 4.0 || Browser || Yes || ? || Yes geo: || No || Yes || || BlackBerry 5 || Browser || Yes || ? || Yes Browser || No || Yes || || Featurephone || Obigo || Yes || Yes (1) || Yes Browser || No || Yes || || Featurephone || UC Web (J2ME) || Yes || Yes (2) || Yes Browser || No || No || |
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| Android 3.2 - Browser Phone - Yes SMS - Sorta Location - Yes geo: Directions - ? Email - Yes Android 3.2 - Opera Mobile Phone - Yes SMS - Sorta Location - Yes geo: Directions - ? Email - Yes Android 3.2 - Skyfire Phone - Yes SMS - Sorta Location - Yes geo: Directions - ? Email - Yes Android 4.0 - Browser Phone - Yes SMS - ? Location - Yes geo: Directions - No Email - Yes BlackBerry 5 - Browser Phone - Yes SMS - ? Location - Yes Browser Directions - No Email - Yes Featurephone - Obigo Phone - Yes SMS - Yes (1) Location - Yes Browser Directions - No Email - Yes Featurephone - UC Web (J2ME) Phone - Yes SMS - Yes (2) Location - Directions - |
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In general, on mobile, you should use device capabilities or existing instead of rebuilding features.
Link to talk
Methodology
Methodology: These were all tested in the second quarter of 2012. See below the table for full details of the devices and browsers tested. A test page was created with various types and formats of links. Many additional links were tested, which had very low success rates. This is a summary of the most useful variations.
Browser identity was mostly confirmed with whatismybrowser.com. In some cases, additional UA string sniffing was used.
Yes: Works as expected. Sorta: Works with notable caveats. Generally not usable, but maybe it's all you need. See footnotes. No: Does not work, but not catastrophic. NO: Errors or other unusually poor results. ?: Could not be tested. For example, a tablet without voice.
Results
OS |
Browser |
Phone |
SMS |
Location |
Directions |
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iOS 5 |
Mobile Safari |
Yes |
Sorta |
Yes maps: |
Yes maps: |
Yes |
Android 3.2 |
Browser |
Yes |
Sorta |
Yes geo: |
? |
Yes |
Android 3.2 |
Opera Mobile |
Yes |
Sorta |
Yes geo: |
? |
Yes |
Android 3.2 |
Skyfire |
Yes |
Sorta |
Yes geo: |
? |
Yes |
Android 4.0 |
Browser |
Yes |
? |
Yes geo: |
No |
Yes |
Browser |
Yes |
? |
Yes Browser |
No |
Yes |
|
Featurephone |
Obigo |
Yes |
Yes (1) |
Yes Browser |
No |
Yes |
Featurephone |
UC Web (J2ME) |
Yes |
Yes (2) |
Yes Browser |
No |
No |
Email -
|| Featurephone || Access 3, VZW: Phone - Yes SMS - NO Location URI - Yes Directions - ? Email - No
To Add: Windows Phone Symbian Belle Bada Anyone got a dumbphone virtual tool for free?
1) SMSTO actually supports sending the body link as well. 2) Also supported the body, but I have yet to determine a format that doesn't munge the recipient number as well.
Link Formats
List from the presentation... explain the description for maps
Devices & Browsers
iOS 5.1 Mobile Safari (iPod Touch)
Samsung Alias 2 Access NF3.0.22.2.17 Rev 1441 BUT identified as Firefox 2 on Linux, 1280x1024, by Verizon Wireless intermediary. This causes no end of trouble trying to get it to act like an Access browser, so it's only of so much value.