Yeah, I discussed that some in the original post. The challenge there is then you REALLY have to keep up with things to make sure your filter is getting all the phones, and you have to keep up with all the new ones coming out, which was just way more work than I’d want to do. My example helps out a little there, by making assumptions about mobile devices. But, that carries it’s own risks. You just have to balance your needs with what produces the most relevant reports for your needs.
By Michael Fienen
Also you could look under the Visitors > Operating Systems to get a quick listing to see what the top mobile devices are. However for this option you’ll have to know what the phones are called.
Our list is:
iPhone
BlackBerry
iPod
Samsung
PalmOS
Android
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You’ll even be able to get the odd ball fun ones like the Playstation 3 on this report.
After that I’d recommend using an Advanced Segment to create something for like your top 5 mobile devices. This will give you the option to see how their stats compare to the overall stats.
There are positive to both methods (profile/segment) but whatever you do please do something.