Features

There’s tens of thousands of mobile phones out there, all slightly different, which makes working with mobile technologies tricky and time consuming. So, we created Handset Detection. A real time, self updating, database of thousands of mobile phones.

If you’re building mobile websites, delivering mobile content (wallpapers, ringtones, icons, video etc..) or sending Java games to mobile phones then Handset Detection is built FOR YOU.

  • Handsets

    Our massive database of over 25000 mobile devices (and growing daily) means we've got you covered. Device information includes vendor, model, screen size, handset capabilities and more, heaps more … See the Handset List for the whole box and dice.

  • Smarts (Yes, it learns)

    Never be out of date! Handset Detection is updating itself with new handsets all the time. At last count we had 569,691 browsers, bots, crawlers, cell phones and game consoles in our database, and its increasing by about 1967 per day (give or take). Thats the great thing about being plugged into so many websites.

  • GEO IP

    Know where your users are from! Want to do something special for Spanish customers ? Running a special promotion for T-Mobile users ? No problem, Handset Detection has you covered. (Carrier, Country, City, Region, Longitude, Latitude).

  • Stats & Analytics

    Problem is your standard analytics package probably uses javascript, but javascript doesnt run on 73% of mobile phones. So your normal stats are wildly inaccurate for mobile devices.

    Handset Detection Analytics is purpose built to grind your detection and redirection information into a smooth flow of mobile analytics insight. Login, click Dashboard and get up to the second information on a heap of metrics ! Including : percentage of mobile users, top countries, top carriers, most popular cell phone models, most recent cell phone vendors. All that and more.

  • API

    If you’re a developer then you’ll love our simple API. Not into development ? No problem, use the API Kits for a fast start.

  • Industrial Strength

    Handset Detection runs on redundant Amazon AWS server clusters in separate availabilty zones with 24 * 7 monitoring. It also uses AWS S3, Auto Scaling, Load Balancing and Cloudwatch. Big buzzwords to be sure. We built this baby to handle heavy load and keep running, even when you’re not. For an overview see how it works.

  • Help Me

    We love our customers and will bend over backwards to help in any way we can. So, if you've got a problem or question then just ask, really.