0bb4:0a40 PocketPC Sync

HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.)

Vendor ID
0bb4
Product ID
0a40
Combined
0bb4:0a40
Decimal
2996:2624

What is this device?

This is the USB identifier for a PocketPC Sync manufactured by HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.). The vendor ID 0bb4 is registered to HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0a40 is the product ID that HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0bb4:0a40 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) PocketPC Sync.

How to identify it on your system

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bb4:0a40 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) PocketPC Sync

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0bb4:0a40, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0bb4:0a40. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0a40.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0A40
USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0A40&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0BB4&PID_0A40"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    PocketPC Sync:
      Product ID: 0x0a40
      Vendor ID: 0x0bb4  (HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.))

Driver help

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

Raw usb.ids entry

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

0bb4  HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.)
	0a40  PocketPC Sync

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