Hardware Requirements
Basically, the mscape player runs on a device with Windows Mobile 2003 second edition or newer and GPS and a touchscreen. In the tables below you'll find the list of hardware that we've tested and that we've verified works correctly. We'll continue to add to the list as we get reports in the hardware forums on additional devices that run the mscape player successfully.Handheld Devices Recommended by Mscape Users
| Manufacturer | Device | Image | Notes |
| HTC | Touch Cruise |  | http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchcruise |
| HTC | TyTn II |  | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_TyTN_II |
| ASUS | MyPal 696/686 |  | Note that Static Navigation is enabled by default on this device - this impairs pedestrian GPS accuracy. See this forum topic for details. |
Handheld Devices Tested by the Mscape Team
| Manufacturer | Device | Image | Notes |
| HP | Travel Companion iPAQ rx5900 series iPAQ rx5700 series |  | Our platform of choice. Integrated SiRFstarIII chipset. |
| HP | iPAQ hx2400 series |  | Requires a separate GPS device. Works great with the GlobalSat BC-337 Compact Flash GPS (SiRFstarIII? ). |
| HP | Mobile Messenger iPAQ hw6900 series iPAQ hw6500 series |  | Integrated GPS. |
| HP | iPAQ hx4700 |  | Menus look funny due to VGA but works fine. Requires a separate GPS device. Works great with the GlobalSat BC-337 Compact Flash GPS (SiRFstarIII? ). |
| HP | iPAQ rx3700 series |  | Requires a separate GPS device. We use the GlobalSat Bluetooth GPS receivers for this model. |
| Treo | 750 |  | Requires bluetooth GPS unit. Worked great. |
| iMate | JAQ3 |  | Everything worked pretty well. Sometimes the shutdown had problems. |
| Siemens | Loox T830 |  | Requires some fiddling to get the GPS to connect. |
| HTC | p4350 |  | A constant clicking noise from sound card while mscape player is running. Bluetooth fiddle to set up. |
| HTC | Advantage x7500 |  | Integrated GPS The font is too big so the text of the HELP button on the GPS select screen looks wrong. Also can't see the word "loading" when lauching a mediascape. BMP on the screen looks strange. |
Supported GPS Units
We have also tested Compact flash and Bluetooth GPS devices from GlobalSat? . For these we recommend the models that contain the SiRFstarIII? chipset. We found the SD card one to be less good and the one that combines SD card memory and GPS to be even worse to the point that we have since then avoided them. We have not tested many other GPS manufactures but have been burnt by buying products that default to static navigation and return to that setting every few days.| Manufacturer | Device | Image | Notes |
| GlobalSat | Compact Flash BC-337 |  | Compact Flash SiRFstarIII GlobalSat BC-337 |
| GlobalSat | Bluetooth BT-338S |  | Bluetooth SiRFstarIII GlobalSat BT-338S |
