What's the best way to detect whether the client is a tablet or a phone?

Question

I am currently developing a client side application which will be designed for both, smartphones and tablets. Therefore it will get two different layout modes.

While th

Answer 1

You could detect whether it is a phone using a http://detectmobilebrowser.com/ script. If not, you can assume it is a tablet (since, as you mentioned, desktop browsers are irrelevant for this app).