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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 a supported operating system for Pocket Hal 7.02.

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.
- Asus:
- Mypal A636
- Audiovox:
- XV6600 – Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- Dell:
- X50v - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE.
- X51v - Windows Mobile 5 for PDA.
- Dopod:
- 818 - Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. Needs Rom version 1.11 or later for Hal buttons to work correctly.
- E-Ten:
- m600 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- Fujitsu Siemens:
- Pocket LOOX 420 - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE. Note - 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
- Pocket LOOX 710 - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE. Note - "BTTrayCE" Bluetooth stack error intermittently occurs. Soft reset required to resolve, this is a general Bluetooth issue and not Dolphin specific.
- Pocket LOOX 720 - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE. Note - "BTTrayCE" Bluetooth stack error intermittently occurs. Soft reset required to resolve, this is a general Bluetooth issue and not Dolphin specific.
- Hewlett Packard (HP):
- iPAQ hx2410 - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE. Note - processor is fairly slow, this can have a detrimental effect on performance.
- iPAQ hx2750 - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE.
- iPAQ hx2490 - Windows Mobile 5 for PDA. Note - processor is fairly slow, this can have a detrimental effect on performance.
- iPAQ hx2790 - Windows Mobile 5 for PDA.
- iPAQ rx3715 - Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 2003 SE.
- iPAQ hw6510 - Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. Note - there are "locked" versions of this device for the telecoms providers e.g. Cingular in the USA, the locked versions have not been tested.
- iPAQ hw6515 - Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. Note - there are "locked" versions of this device for the telecoms providers e.g. Cingular in the USA, the locked versions have not been tested.
- iPAQ hx6910 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - there are only 2 PDA buttons, there is no Ctrl key on the built in keyboard, thus some Pocket Hal hot keys will not work without re-assignment.
- iPAQ hx6915 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - there are only 2 PDA buttons, there is no Ctrl key on the built in keyboard, thus some Pocket Hal hot keys will not work without re-assignment.
- HTC
- TyTN - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- i-mate:
- JAM - Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. Note - Needs Rom version 1.11 or later for Hal buttons to work correctly.
- JasJar - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- JasJam – Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. (This is the i-mate version of the HTC TyTN.)
- KJam - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - processor is fairly slow, this can have a detrimental effect on performance.
- jAMin - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - whilst this device is supported, it is not recommended as the performance is very poor due to the slow speed of the processor and the small amount of main memory.
- Mitac:
- Mio A701 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - the 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.
- O2:
- XDA IIs - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- XDA III - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- XDA Exec - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- XDA Mini s - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - processor is fairly slow, this can have a detrimental effect on performance.
- QTek:
- S100 - Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. Needs Rom version 1.11 or later for Hal buttons to work correctly.
- S200 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - whilst this device is supported, it is not recommended as the performance is very poor due to the slow speed of the processor and the small amount of main memory.
- 9000 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- 9090 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- 9100 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - processor is fairly slow, this can have a detrimental effect on performance.
- S9600 - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- T-Mobile:
- MDA Compact - Windows Mobile 2003 SE Phone Edition. Needs Rom version 1.11 or later for Hal buttons to work correctly.
- MDA III - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- MDA IV - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition.
- MDA Vario - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. Note - whilst this device is supported, it is not recommended as the performance is very poor due to the slow speed of the processor and the small amount of main memory.
- MDA Vario II - Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition. (This is the T-Mobile version of the HTC TyTN.)
- Verizon:
- XV6700 - Windows Mobile 5 PDA Phone Edition.
- Vodaphone:
- VPA 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.
- Handy Tech Braillino.
- Handy Tech Braille Star 40.
- Handy Tech Braille Wave.
- Optelec EasyLink 12.
- Papenmeier Braillex Trio.
(Note: the listed Braille displays can also be used as input devices.)
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