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51Degrees.mobi device detection solution, available in C, PHP, .NET and Java platforms, has been recently ported to Python.

This article presents the solution, introduces the different Python packages composing the product and shows the implementation of a couple of simple use cases.

Imgur has recently launched a beta version of their mobile website, it will detect mobile users and prompt them to try out this new version from Imgurs main website. We review how well implemented the new mobile experience is.

Premium Device Detection Data is now available to download.

Developing a mobile optimised web experience has now become standard practice across the web. However a poorly implemented mobile website will not only cause your Google search rank to suffer, but also reduce conversion and sales.

Before deciding on which mobile solution is right for your website, consider the following 3 mistakes that businesess make when designing their mobile web experience.

Plus Microsoft release Internet Explorer Windows 7 developer preview and Wikipedia launch support for editing content on mobile devices.

Apple announced this week that iPad sales have dropped, whilst the iPhone has started to rise again. This week 51Degrees.mobi pit the iPad v.s. the iPhone to see who has more share of Apple's mobile web traffic.

Premium Device Detection Data is now available to download.

The ability to detect mobile devices is an important part of website and web application design. Over the last year, requests to sites from mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones have risen to almost 20% of total web traffic. As well as this, dozens of new devices with varying screen sizes, input methods and capabilities are released onto the market all the time. Keeping up with this diversity is a nessecery but difficult task for any organisation maintaining a presence on the web. A good solution is to use a Device Description Repository to detect mobile devices through the browser header and its User Agent. 51Degrees.mobi's professionally maintained device data makes this process easy to implement and stays current through automatic updates.

51Degrees.mobi has been selected as a finalist in the Mobile Entertainment Awards. Here is why we think we should win!

EE released their 'double speed' 4G in the UK earlier this month and showed off their new 'shared 4G plans'. This week 51Degrees take a look at how the percentage of mobile devices that browse the web with 4G capabilities.