Mobile Device Physical Size

[Ralph DiMola]

On Richards talk yesterday I brought this up and I am moving it to the list.

Say you have 3 Android devices:
1) Phone sized.
2) Note sized.
3) Tablet sized.
It is entirely possible that these 3 devices have the same(or close) number
x/y of pixels.
How can I determine the physical size of mobile devices? Web browsers are
able to determine the device size or at least a phone vs. tablet. I would
like to change the screen layout based on the physical size.

I can determine a phone vs. tablet for Apple devices because of the limited
number of iOS devices.


Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net