WURFL - the Wireless Universal Resource File
One of the difficulties re mobile testing is trying to determine what a handset can do.
The people at WURFL (the Wireless Universal Resource File) have compiled an amazing database of handsets from around the world. (from their main page)
The main scope of the file is to collect as much information as we can about all the existing mobile devices that access WAP pages so that developers will be able to build better applications and better services for the users.
This project is open-source and is intended for developers working with the WAP and Wireless. All the information listed here has been collected by many different people from many different countries. You are allowed to use WURFL in any of your applications, free or commercial. The only thing required is to make any modification to this file public, following the original spirit and idea of the creators of this project. This will help WURFL to grow better and better every day.
Mob4hire is a proud contributor of data to add to the database. We have already found multiple examples of new handsets that we have added to the database.
We are using the WURFL database to identify handsets and will be using the database for the beta version of Mob4Hire which will be ready soon.
I salute the people and contributers to WURFL!
If you are a mobile application developer, please check it out.