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I would like to know how do I make sure that my website is *mobile* (cell phone/hand-held/pda) compatible. How do I build these type of websites and EQUALLY important, how do I test them? I would like to know of cell phone emulators which will allow me to test my sites on them so that I know how they will *look* when viewed via a mobile phone.
I had heard of a program called Openwave Phone Simulator but I'm not able to find it anymore. It's was a complete mobile phone simulator with support for mobile browsing using WAP and WAP 2.0/XHTML.
Eagerly awaiting your replies.
Best Wishes.
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The really simple answers:
0) Start with the page templates at [mobi...] (developers area). In particular make sure that you keep the correct XHTML MOBILE declaration line at the top of every page you generate.
1) Test your site on the simulators at [mobi...]
2) Test your pages using the ctl-alt-V built in validator in Opera: it will use the declaration line from (0) to get your page validated correctly at w3.org, even pages that are not up yet.
3) View your pages using the "small screen" mode of Opera. Also test in FF, which handles XHTML. IE6 doesn't (usually) in my experience.
4) Use a real mobile phone.
5) Get one the of the UP/OpenWave simulators (gee, I knew them when they were still UnwiredPlanet and we were trying to launch the FIRST mobile price-comparison service in the UK). I think this is the URL you may want: [developer.openwave.com...]
Rgds
Damon
[edited by: DamonHD at 7:19 am (utc) on Oct. 18, 2006]
This 2-chain emulation is better because can give you more feeling how it is fast on real mobile - real mobile gets content from wap servers that are gateways between the Internet and GSM or 3G net...
But the best way is to get a couple of real mobiles with different screen sizes - they are not so expensive now...
thanks.
