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Rails is making it simpler to implement an iPhone specific site using a fake mime-type:

  # should go in config/initializers/mime_types.rb
  Mime.register_alias "text/html", :iphone

  class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

    before_filter :adjust_format_for_iphone

    private

      def adjust_format_for_iphone

        if request.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] && request.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"][/(iPhone|iPod)/]

          request.format = :iphone

        end

      end

  end

  class PostsController < ApplicationController

    def index

      respond_to do |format|

        format.html   # renders index.html.erb

        format.iphone # renders index.iphone.erb

      end

    end

  end

There are plenty of other nice RESTie features too.