Webbrowsing - Galaxy S Tab and Nook color

boswd · 12-17-2010, 10:27 AM

both running on android, why does the Samsung Galaxy S tab pull up the mobile versions but the nook color pulls up the PC version of websites and scales it to size?

thanks

susan_cassidy · 12-17-2010, 12:50 PM

It may depend on what you mean by "pull up the mobile version". Some sites use the browser identification string (sent by the browser) to determine how to display pages. It is also possible for them to redirect the the mobile site, based on browser information. It is possible for the Galaxy Tab and the Nook Color to use slightly differerent browsers or different identification of the browser. I don't know for sure, though.

RoboRay · 12-19-2010, 01:14 AM

You can also simply go to the mobile website page directly, if you want. For example, go to http://m.cnn.com/ instead of http://www.cnn.com/. I bookmark the mobile pages on my phone. You generally are dependent on the site interpreting your browser identification string correctly if you want links to non-mobile pages to render the mobile version, however.

12-17-2010, 10:27 AM	#1
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	Webbrowsing - Galaxy S Tab and Nook color both running on android, why does the Samsung Galaxy S tab pull up the mobile versions but the nook color pulls up the PC version of websites and scales it to size? thanks

12-19-2010, 01:14 AM	#3
RoboRay Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 270 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: NookColor (CM7); OLPC XO (Ubuntu 8.10); HTC Thunderbolt (CM7)	You can also simply go to the mobile website page directly, if you want. For example, go to http://m.cnn.com/ instead of http://www.cnn.com/. I bookmark the mobile pages on my phone. You generally are dependent on the site interpreting your browser identification string correctly if you want links to non-mobile pages to render the mobile version, however. Last edited by RoboRay; 12-19-2010 at 01:16 AM.

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12-17-2010, 12:50 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	It may depend on what you mean by "pull up the mobile version". Some sites use the browser identification string (sent by the browser) to determine how to display pages. It is also possible for them to redirect the the mobile site, based on browser information. It is possible for the Galaxy Tab and the Nook Color to use slightly differerent browsers or different identification of the browser. I don't know for sure, though.

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