Mobile device javascript handling

Index.htm redirection via javascript

[albo]

I'm trying to make my small website available to mobile devices. My index.htm currently redirects clients to a home page via javascript. This works fine for desktops/laptops running XP or NT/2000. On my iPAQ running windows CE it yields a blank screen. If, however, one specifies the fully qualified URL (the one that would be generated by the javascript) the correct screen appears on the iPAQ. All my other javascript code seems to work fine on the iPAQ. Is there anything special about http redirection (e.g., location.href=someurl) that doesn't work on a mobile device from an index.htm?

[albo]

P.S. I see I'm replying to my own topic but I see it bears a striking resemblance to a closed 8/12/2003 webmasterworld.com topic "domain name redirect" except that the browser in my case is iexplorer on ipaq. If I need provide further details (e.g., code snippets), lemme know.