Browscap.ini Project
CESD|200257Welcome to the home of the HPC Factor Browscap project. The aim of the browscap.ini project is to aid web developers to better log site visits by Windows CE based PDA's.
The Browscap.ini file is used by Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) based Web Servers to discover the Web Browser version and also to provide any additional, relevant information that may be useful when serving data to a particular Operating System or Web Browser.
For example, the browscap.ini file can tell the web server:
- Resolution of the device's screen
- Web Browser manufacturer
- Major and Minor Browser versions
- Frames capabilities of the web browser
- Scripting capabilities of the web browser, e.g. ActiveX, Java, Visual Basic
Some Internet Traffic analysis software also may make use of the Browscap.ini file when analysing the log files of a Microsoft Web Server, although its primary use is in serving Active Server Pages (.asp's).
The currently available information provided by Microsoft and CyScape (Company Officially charged with keeping the listing up-to-date) was only renewed in February 2000. Even up to this date the content for Windows CE based device listings is out of date.
Microsoft themselves last updated browscap.ini in the release of NT4.0 SP5.
There are no listings available for newer devices such as Tablet PC's and for the Pocket PC 2003 range.
This site aims to provide Web Developers with up-to-date Windows CE Browscap.ini content.
For a list showing the User Agent String to Web Browser / Windows CE Device relationship. Please see below.
The HPC Factor browscap.ini file contained in this zip file contains information exclusive to Windows CE and Windows Mobile browsers. The file should not be used to overwrite any existing browscap.ini file.
The content of the HPC Factor browscap.ini file should be amend to the existing browscap.ini located in:
Internet Information Server 3
<%SYSTEMROOT%>\system32\inetsrv\asp\cmpnts
Internet Information Server (IIS) 4, 5, 5.1, 6
<%SYSTEMROOT%>\system32\inetsrv
Personal Web Server (PWS) 4
<%SYSTEMROOT%>\system\inetsrv
The HPC Factor browscap.ini file Includes profiles for the following Operating Systems and Browsers.
Handheld PC
Windows CE 1
Pocket Internet Explorer 0.6
Pocket Internet Explorer 1.1
Windows CE 2
Pocket Internet Explorer 2.0
Pocket Internet Explorer 3.02 (H/PC Professional)
Windows CE 3
Pocket Internet Explorer 4.01 (H/PC 2000)
Windows CE 4
Pocket Internet Explorer 3.02 (Handheld PC .net)
Internet Explorer 5.5 Embedded
Internet Explorer 6.0 Embedded
Palm-Size PC
Windows CE 2
Conduits PalmBrowser 1.5
Conduits Pocket Browser 1.52
Foliage iBrowser 1.1
Pocket PC
Windows CE 3
Pocket Internet Explorer 3.02 (Pocket PC 2000)
Pocket Internet Explorer 4.01 (Pocket PC 2002)
NetFront 3.0
NetFront 3.1
Windows CE 4
Pocket Internet Explorer 4.01 (Pocket PC 2003)
NetFront 3.1
Windows CE 5
Pocket Internet Explorer 4.01 (Windows Mobile 5.0)
SmartPhone
Windows CE 3
Pocket Internet Explorer 3.02 (SmartPhone 2002)
Windows CE 4
Pocket Internet Explorer 5 (SmartPhone 2003)
Tablet PC
Windows CE 3
Pocket Internet Explorer 4.01 (H/PC 2000)
Windows CE 4
Pocket Internet Explorer 3.02 (Tablet PC Net)
Internet Explorer 5.5 Embedded
View User Agents
The following is a list of known Windows CE user agents
Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer/0.6
Windows CE 1.0 Devices:
Hitachi HPW10E2
Mozilla/1.1 (compatible; MSPIE 1.1; Windows CE)
Windows CE 1.0 Devices:
Hewlett Packard 300lx
Hewlett Packard 320lx
Windows CE 1.01 Devices:
Casio Cassiopeia A-50
Casio Cassiopeia A-50
Casio Cassiopeia PA-2000
Casio Cassiopeia PA-2100
NEC Mobile Gear MC-CS11
NEC Mobile Gear MC-CS12
NEC Mobile Gear MC-CS13
Mozilla/1.1 (compatible; MSPIE 2.0; Windows CE)
Windows CE 2.0 Devices:
Hewlett Packard 320lx (Upgraded)
Hewlett Packard 340lx
Hewlett Packard 360lx
Hewlett Packard 620lx
Hewlett Packard 660lx
Handheld PC 2.0 SDK Emulator
Windows CE 2.01 Devices:
Casio Cassiopeia A-60
Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows CE)
Windows CE 2.11 - Handheld PC Professional Devices:
Hewlett Packard 620lx (Upgraded)
Hewlett Packard 660lx (Upgraded)
Hewlett Packard Jornada 680
Hewlett Packard Jornada 680e
Hewlett Packard Jornada 688
Hewlett Packard Jornada 690
Hewlett Packard Jornada 690e
Hewlett Packard Jornada 820
Hewlett Packard Jornada 820e
Handheld PC 3.0 (H/PC Pro); eVT 3.0, SDK Emulator
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows NT Windows CE)
Windows CE 3.0 - Handheld PC 2000 Devices:
Hewlett Packard Jornada 710
Hewlett Packard Jornada 720
Hewlett Packard Jornada 728
Intermet 6651
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows NT Windows CE; 800x480)
Windows CE 3.0 - Handheld PC 2000 Devices:
Samsung NEXiO S150
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows+CE)
Windows CE 3.0 - Handheld PC 2000 Devices:
UNKNOWN - Please Contact Chris
Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.02; Windows CE)
Windows CE 3.0 Pocket PC 2002 Devices:
Pocket PC 2002; eVT 3.0, SDK Emulator
Toshiba e740
Windows CE 4.1 - Handheld PC .net Devices:
Windows CE Platform Builder 4.1, Emulation Module
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows CE)
Windows CE 4.1 - Handheld PC Net Devices:
Windows CE Platform Builder 4.1, Emulation Module
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows CE; PPC; 240x320)
Windows Mobile 2003
Dell Axim X5
T-Mobile MDA
T-Mobile MDA II
Windows Mobile 5.0
Dell Axim X51v
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE)
Windows CE 4.2 - Handheld PC Net Devices:
Psion Netbook Pro
Windows CE Platform Builder 4.2, Emulation Module
Download
Windows CE Browscap.ini last updated - Wednesday, 17 November, 2004
HPC:Factor browscap.ini 20041117 - 10.2 KB
17 November 2004, 11:41:31 PM
See Also
CyScape - http://www.cyscape.com/browscap/ (Recommended for IIS 3 / 4 Users)
GaryKeith - http://www.garykeith.com/browsers/downloads.asp (Recommended for IIS 5 / 5.1 / 6 Users)
Microsoft IIS - http://www.microsoft.com/server/
Please Note: GaryKeith.com is exclusively authorised to distribute the HPC:Factor Windows CE user agent data into their browscap.ini database distribution. We recommend that for general level filtering of Windows CE UA's you make use of their service. However for specific device UA filtering you should integrate the entire HPC:Factor browscap.ini distribution into your own browscap file.
