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Our new adaptive site for mobiles and tablets

If you're reading this on a mobile phone or tablet, you should find it much easier to read than normal. That's because today we're making CNET UK into an 'adaptive' site -- one that automatically changes the layout you see depending on the device you're using.

If you're using a smart phone, for example, the right-hand bar you see when you're using the desktop should be gone, and the text will be formatted to fit the size of your screen perfectly.

On a tablet, you should be looking at something very similar to the normal desktop site, but with some subtle tweaks to take advantage of your touchscreen.

What we're particularly proud of, though, is that everything will appear on the same URL you see on the normal desktop version of the site -- you don't have to wait for a redirect.

Another huge benefit is that videos will now play on iPhones, iPads and iPod touches. You've been asking for this for some time, and we're pleased to finally deliver.

If you don't like the version of the site you're seeing, you can switch back to the traditional desktop version by clicking a link in the footer.

One word of caution. We've tested the site on as many mobile devices as we could find, but there are so many out there, you may see some strangeness on some of the less popular models. If you see anything like that, please leave a comment below with the name of your device and the version of the operating system you're running and we'll try to fix whatever you're not happy with at this end.

We hope you enjoy browsing the site from your phone or tablet, and do let us know what you think in the comments below or on our Facebook wall.

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Andyt95 14 October, 2011 16:24

doesn't work on my HP Pre3

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anonymous 14 October, 2011 16:25

Mango'd HTC 7 Pro. Site working beautifully and looking great. Excellent job.

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jamieostrich 14 October, 2011 16:31

why is this not on the normal site for desktop yet? I am using safari on Windows and if you change the user agent to ipad it looks great! whats stopping you from having this as default for all?

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anonymous 14 October, 2011 16:32

Love it. Thanks for the update!

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anonymous 14 October, 2011 16:38

Works great on my GS2. Nice work CNET....you just need to cure yourselves of your Apple fanboy obsession.

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EvilJoe39 14 October, 2011 17:15

Whoooooo! Looks great, no more pain if I want put a comment on something from the phone. Now if only the iPhone app could do comments

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pastawoua 14 October, 2011 18:20

Great, works nicely from the Eurostar ;)

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anonymous 14 October, 2011 19:50

very good job Cnet. This is one of the best mobile sites I use.

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anonymous 14 October, 2011 20:05

Odd - normally browse in desktop user agent (Opera on SGS2) and all's more or Less ok here [bit of Flash fluff seems to follow me around] but when I switched to mobile user agent and touched the text, it shot back up to the top of the page. When I could glimpse the page end, there were no comments - the usual stunted thing...

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alistairmack 14 October, 2011 20:08

Looks great on my BlackBerry, though I won't be using it for much longer!!! And may I say, about time too! The full site is hopeless on a mobile.

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anonymous 15 October, 2011 16:48

Wow!!! That's brilliant, so much better now, I have an iPad and an iPhone and it looks gorgeous on both, great refresh on the look btw. I love being able to lounge around on the couch and not be zooming in on everything. Ta guys!

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anonymous 15 October, 2011 19:50

Just read this on the laptop, so checked my mobile & works just fine on my Optimus Black. Cheers CNET.

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charlesharley 16 October, 2011 13:08

Finally guys, a mobile site! And a tablet site as well in one go! Saw the mobile site on the train home on friday and now, im sat inmy couch with my tablet and its just a fantastic experience. My fav site just got better. Keep it up guys!

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Alastair Mitchell 17 October, 2011 03:32

Looks great on my iPad!

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