"Steven Cheng[MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello Nadav,
>
> Welcome to the ASP.NET mobile newsgroup.
>
> As for the Mobile Device updates for ASP.NET mobile application, it is
> still supported and will be continually updated for the ASP.NET 2.0 or
> furture version. Actually, the device updates are some profile and
> configuration info specific to those common devices, these settings are not
> specific to .net framework or ASP.NET version. So the devices info in the
> deviceds update for 1.1 still can be used for ASP.NET 2.0 MOBILE
> application. The difference between ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 is the
> device/browser capability configuration structuer has changed. In ASP.NET
> 1.1, the browser/device profile info is stored in the <browserCap> section
> in machine.config and the device update will also update that section (or
> use external linked file). In ASP.NET 2.0, due to community member's
> feedback, the dev team has changed the browser setting back to the
> ".browser" file model, and you can find those existing browser templates in
> the following framework dir:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\Browsers
>
> Here is a good tech article mentioned the browserCap setting from
> pre-ASP.NET web app to ASP.NET 1.X and ASP.NET 2.0:
>
> Creating a Custom Browser Setup with ASP.NET 2.0
> http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zddvs/is_200503/ai_n13486220
>
> Therefore, in ASP.NET 2.0, we can choose to update new device/browser info
> through a .browser file in the "Browsers" folder:
>
> Also, ASP.NET product team has provided a web based service to let us
> create a custom device profile, you can access the service from the
> following link:
>
> #ASP.NET Device Profiling
> http://www.asp.net/mobile/profile/default.aspx
>
> For existing or future device updates for ASP.NET mobile application, you
> can closely monitor the following location:
>
> http://www.asp.net/mobile/deviceupdate.aspx
>
> In addition, if you have any particular request or comments about the our
> visual studio or .net framework products, welcome to post them in our
> feedback center(you can submit some suggestion about the future device
> update there):
>
> http://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=210
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Steven Cheng
>
> Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
>
>
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