Matching Voxtel_BD40

[dkruler]

Why would http://Anonymouse.org/ (Unix) UserAgent string be matched to the following device:

<device id="voxtel_bd40_ver1" user_agent="http://www.voxtel.ru/UAProf/Voxtel_BD40.xml" fall_back="generic_mobile" actual_device_root="true">
<group id="product_info">
<capability name="uaprof" value="http://www.voxtel.ru/UAProf/Voxtel_BD40.xml"/>
<capability name="model_name" value="BD40"/>
<capability name="brand_name" value="Voxtel"/>
</group>
<group id="wml_ui">
<capability name="softkey_support" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="markup">
<capability name="html_wi_oma_xhtmlmp_1_0" value="true"/>
<capability name="html_wi_w3_xhtmlbasic" value="true"/>
<capability name="wml_1_2" value="true"/>
<capability name="wml_1_3" value="true"/>
<capability name="preferred_markup" value="html_wi_oma_xhtmlmp_1_0"/>
<capability name="xhtml_support_level" value="1"/>
</group>
<group id="display">
<capability name="max_image_width" value="120"/>
<capability name="resolution_width" value="128"/>
<capability name="resolution_height" value="160"/>
<capability name="max_image_height" value="140"/>
</group>
<group id="image_format">
<capability name="jpg" value="true"/>
<capability name="gif" value="true"/>
<capability name="bmp" value="true"/>
<capability name="png" value="true"/>
<capability name="colors" value="262144"/>
</group>
<group id="wta">
<capability name="wta_pdc" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="storage">
<capability name="max_deck_size" value="10000"/>
</group>
<group id="object_download">
<capability name="ringtone_voices" value="40"/>
<capability name="ringtone_mmf" value="true"/>
<capability name="ringtone_amr" value="true"/>
<capability name="ringtone_midi_monophonic" value="true"/>
<capability name="ringtone_imelody" value="true"/>
<capability name="ringtone" value="true"/>
<capability name="ringtone_midi_polyphonic" value="true"/>
<capability name="oma_support" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="wap_push">
<capability name="wap_push_support" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="j2me">
<capability name="j2me_cldc_1_0" value="true"/>
<capability name="j2me_screen_height" value="160"/>
<capability name="j2me_screen_width" value="128"/>
<capability name="j2me_midp_1_0" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="mms">
<capability name="mms_png" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_max_size" value="102400"/>
<capability name="mms_max_width" value="120"/>
<capability name="sender" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_max_height" value="160"/>
<capability name="mms_gif_static" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_midi_polyphonic" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_midi_monophonic" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_bmp" value="true"/>
<capability name="receiver" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_wbmp" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_mmf" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_amr" value="true"/>
<capability name="mms_jpeg_baseline" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="sound_format">
<capability name="voices" value="40"/>
<capability name="mmf" value="true"/>
<capability name="amr" value="true"/>
<capability name="midi_monophonic" value="true"/>
<capability name="imelody" value="true"/>
<capability name="midi_polyphonic" value="true"/>
</group>
<group id="bearer">
<capability name="max_data_rate" value="40"/>
</group>
<group id="streaming">
<capability name="streaming_real_media" value="none"/>
</group>
</device>

[sm_support2]

Normally, URLs are not used as user-agents. The fact that this has happened in a couple of cases is confusing WURFL.

Can you tell us what comes with this user-agent?

Anyway, a quick fix is probably adding the UA in a patch file. We might add it to the big WURFL too if you tell us more about the nature of this thing...

Thanks

[dkruler]

It appear to be an anonymous web proxy service that hides the true UserAgent of the device.

[sm_support2]

Would it make sense for us to model it as a generic mobile device? should we assume it's a smartphone of some kind?

[dkruler]

It's a proxy so there is no way to know if device behind it mobile or not. How are other proxy/anonymizer services get handled in WURFL?

[sriram]

Hi Daniel,

We have processed this User Agent for addition in the WURFL DB. It should be included in this weekend's WURFL.xml snapshot.

Cheers!