Blogs

Microsoft UserAgents

51Degrees

Monday, October 19, 2015 8:57:00 AM

Microsoft UserAgents

Correctly Identifying Tricky Microsoft UserAgents

Today we look into certain Microsoft UserAgents, for example the Nokia Lumia 925, and investigate why these UserAgents could potentially cause problems for your website and what we can do to help fix it.

Sony Device Data Update

51Degrees

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:42:00 AM

Sony Device Data Update

Xperia Z5 Compact & new browser property

This week our focus crosses the East China Sea to look at one of Japan's most prestigious multinational companies. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets and is ranked 116th on the 2015 list of Fortune Global 500. Optimise your website for all of the Sony devices mentioned in this article with our latest data file.

Calculate Maximum Size of a Value String

Engineering

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:29:00 AM

Calculate Maximum Size of a Value String

Use C# to determine the longest value returned from device detection

51Degrees device detection solutions include rich and consistent meta data. Available properties and values can be returned from a 51Degrees data set object instance. This blog shows how to work out the length of the longest value that can be returned. The information can be used to allocate sufficient space to store results.

ZOPO Device Data Update

51Degrees

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 3:20:00 AM

ZOPO Device Data Update

Speed 7 & Color E

Continuing the trend this week with another company based in the Asian continent, we take a look at some of the newest offerings from the Chinese manufacturer ZOPO. All the devices discussed can be detected with 51Degrees latest Data File update, optimise your mobile website for them all today.

Lenovo and ZUK Device Update

51Degrees

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 4:25:00 PM

Lenovo and ZUK Device Update

ZUK's very first smartphone

This week we take a look at another huge multinational technology company from Asia, Lenovo. Founded in Beijing in 1984 under the name Legend, in 2002 the name was changed to Lenovo. This is a portmanteau of "Le-" (from Legend) and "novo", Latin for "new". All the devices discussed in this article can be detected with our latest data file.

Samsung Device Data Update

51Degrees

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 3:31:00 PM

Samsung Device Data Update

Galaxy J1 Ace & Galaxy S5 Neo

This week it is Samsung's turn to have a couple of their latest mobile devices under the microscope. All devices in this article can be detected with our latest data file update.

Filter device data by properties and values with signatures

Mike

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 1:55:00 PM

Filter device data by properties and values with signatures

Get the most out of your 51Degrees data file using Java API

Did you know that you can use the 51Degrees device data file not only for device detection, but also for enhancing the report generating tools, enhancing the analytics data and exposing parts of data to improve client experience? This article demonstrates how to use the signature entities from the 51Degrees data file to produce a subset of signatures based on one or more property.

Windows 10: A closer look at usage numbers

51Degrees

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 8:49:00 AM

Windows 10: A closer look at usage numbers

Windows 10 – One month in

Microsoft suggests that Windows 10 has had great initial success with 75 million devices installing the upgrade just four weeks after it was released. The company's marketing chief, Yusuf Mehdi, said “the operating system is being downloaded and installed faster than any previous version of the platform”.

ZTE Device Data Update

51Degrees

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 3:32:00 AM

ZTE Device Data Update

Warp Elite and Obsidian

This week we focus on two new offerings from ZTE. Initially founded 30 years ago as Zhongxing Semiconductor Co. Ltd in Shenzhen, China. 12 years ago Zhongxing Semiconductor changed its name to Zhongxing New Telecommunications Equipment Co. from where we get the ZTE moniker. All of the devices in this article can be detected with our latest data file update available for download now.

Archos Device Data Update

51Degrees

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 3:57:00 AM

Archos Device Data Update

Titanium 70c and 50 Helium +

This week we take a quick look at two of the newest Archos mobile devices. Archos is a French electronics company established in 1988 which manufactures tablets, smartphones, portable media players and data storage devices. All the devices in this article can be detected with our latest data file update.