How can I test websites for Mobile Devices

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What can I use to test websites I developed using HTML/CSS to see how it looks in mobile devices like iPhone/iPad/Android? Emulators/Simulators on Windows? I could installthe Android SDK and use its emulator? for Apple's devices, I need to pay for the SDK? anything I can use to emulate, I just need it for website testing not apps. Sites like www.testiphone.com or iphonetester.com doesn't appear to be accurate

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Joris Ooms On BEST ANSWER

If you're on a Mac, use the iPhone simulator included with the SDK.

For windows, there's an Adobe AIR application called iBBDemo2 which is an iPad/iPhone simulator. It looks like a fairly accurate emulator, so it might be worth a try: iBBDemo2

EDIT: Just tested this out on a couple more sites and it's accurate. Definitely worth trying.

The Android SDK also includes an emulator and it's free.

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BerggreenDK On

You'll need somekinda Apple iOS device to test it.

The SDK is free, if you have access to a modern Mac OSX machine. Inside the iOS SDK which requires a Mac OSX, you have iPhone and iPad simulators.

You could also try to install a "hackintosh" (PC hardware with Mac OSX upon), then you would need a "spare PC" which is compatible with the hackintosh setup + an original Mac OSX DVD (very cheap actually).