application locks up when run with "cordova serve"

When the Device plugin is added to a cordova project and the software is tested using the "cordova serve" option (run a local web server for testing with a browser) the software locks up and fails to start.
There is an exception in the Device plugin as below
Exception calling native with command :: Device :: getDeviceInfo ::exception=ReferenceError: 'Windows' is undefined
This is not supprising as there is no device, it's just serving the app through a web server.
However the software locks up because the "onCordovaInfoReady" is never fired.
A simple fix is to modify the device.js file as below
channel.onCordovaReady.subscribe(function() {
var callFailed = true; // NEW assume the getInfo fails
me.getInfo(function(info)

{ callFailed = false; // NEW it's all good //ignoring info.cordova returning from native, we should use value from cordova.version defined in cordova.js //TODO: CB-5105 native implementations should not return info.cordova var buildLabel = cordova.version; me.available = true; me.platform = info.platform; me.version = info.version; me.uuid = info.uuid; me.cordova = buildLabel; me.model = info.model; me.manufacturer = info.manufacturer || 'unknown'; channel.onCordovaInfoReady.fire(); }

,function(e)

{ // NEW failure will be handled below utils.alert("[ERROR] Error initializing Cordova: " + e); }

);
// new code to stop the system locking up
if(callFailed)

{ me.available = false; // NEW can't be available as getInfo failed channel.onCordovaInfoReady.fire(); // NEW fire event to allow system to work }

With this mod inplace the software will work, obviously the device information is invalid.