Pocket Hal 7.02 Hardware Compatibility List

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) System Requirements

-  Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition (SE) or

-  Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (SE) Phone Edition or

-  Windows Mobile 5 (WM5) for PDA or

-  Windows Mobile 5 PDA Phone Edition.

-  64MB of RAM on the PDA.

Note – Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphones is NOT currently a supported operating system for Pocket Hal 7.02. This will be covered in future product development.

Hardware Compatibility List

In order to successfully install and run Pocket Hal you will require a supported PDA device and we recommend that you have a supported input device. The following list shows PDA models known to be compatible with Pocket Hal.

Compatible PDA makes and models:

Make / Model / Operating System / Testers Comments /
Asus / Mypal A636 /
Dell / X50v / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE /
Dell / X51v / Windows Mobile 5 for PDA. / Recommended. /
Fujitsu Siemens / Pocket LOOX 420 / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE / Needs Bluetooth update and to have the "Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition" update installed, for more details of this please refer to the Support Knowledgebase /
Fujitsu Siemens / Pocket LOOX 710 / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE / "BTTrayCE" Bluetooth stack error intermittently occurs. Soft reset required to resolve, this is a general Bluetooth issue and not Dolphin specific. /
Fujitsu Siemens / Pocket LOOX 720 / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE / "BTTrayCE" Bluetooth stack error intermittently occurs. Soft reset required to resolve, this is a general Bluetooth issue and not Dolphin specific /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hx2410 / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE / Processor is fairly slow /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hx2490 / Windows Mobile 5 for PDA /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hx2750 / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE. / Processor is fairly slow /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hx2790 / Windows Mobile 5 for PDA. /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ rx3715 / Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE. /

Compatible PDA phone makes and models:

Make / Model / Operating System / Testers Comments /
Dopod / 818 / Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition / Needs Rom version 1.11 or later. /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hw6510 / Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition / "Locked" versions provided on telecoms contracts (e.g. Cingular in the USA) have not been tested /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hw6515 / Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition / "Locked" versions provided on telecoms contracts (e.g. Cingular in the USA) have not been tested /
QTek / S100 / Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition / Needs Rom version 1.11 or later. /
T-Mobile / MDA Compact / Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition / Needs Rom version 1.11 or later. /
i-mate / JAM / Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. / Needs Rom version 1.11 or later. /
Verizon / XV6700 / Windows Mobile 5 PDA Phone Edition /
Audiovox / XV6600 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition /
E-Ten / m600 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition /
O2 / XDA Exec / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition /
O2 / XDA Mini s / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition / Processor is fairly slow. /
QTek / 9100 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition / Processor is fairly slow. /
QTek / S200 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition / Not recommended due to slow processor and limited main memory /
T-Mobile / MDA Vario / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition / Not recommended due to slow processor and limited main memory /
Vodaphone / VPA IV / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hx6910 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition / Only 2 PDA buttons available and no Ctrl key on the built in keyboard, thus some Pocket Hal hot keys may need re-assigning by the user. /
Hewlett Packard / iPAQ hx6915 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. / Only 2 PDA buttons available and no Ctrl key on the built in keyboard, thus some Pocket Hal hot keys may need re-assigning by the user. /
Make / Model / Operating System / Testers Comments /
HTC / TyTN / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. / Highly recommended! /
i-mate / jAMin / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. / Not recommended due to slow processor and limited main memory. /
i-mate / JasJar / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /
i-mate / KJam / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. / Processor is fairly slow /
Mitac / Mio A701 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. / Buttons 1 and 3 are also the on / off switch and the phone buttons, therefore the "Shift" and "Ctrl" buttons are currently not available in Pocket Hal. An external keyboard is necessary. /
O2 / XDA IIs / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /
O2 / XDA III / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /
QTek / 9000 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. / Recommended. /
QTek / 9090 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /
QTek / S9600 / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /
T-Mobile / MDA III / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /
T-Mobile / MDA IV / Windows Mobile 5
Phone Edition. /

Compatible input devices:

- HP foldable keyboard. *

- HP Bluetooth foldable keyboard (model number FA287A). *

- Freedom Bluetooth keyboard. *

- 102 key PS/2 keyboard connection to Handy Tech Braillino/Braille star.

- 102 key USB keyboard connected to USB port on Fujitsu 720.

- Optelec EasyLink

* using Dolphin’s keyboard driver, not the original driver supplied with the device.

Compatible Bluetooth Braille displays

- Baum SuperVario.

- Baum Connect

- Handy Tech Braillino.

- Handy Tech Braille Star 40.

- Handy Tech Braille Wave.

- Optelec EasyLink 12.

- Papenmeier Braillex Trio.

(Note: some Braille displays also include Braille keyboards.)