AIBO Pal

AIBO Pal is an AIBOware for the ERS-31X series.

History
AIBO Pal was introduced in 2001, at the same time as the ERS-31X series. Pal is the English version of the AIBO Friend software. As opposed to two personalities, like the Japanese version, the English version only had one personality, the Latte personality. It is speculated that this was done to be culturally sensitive to the American audience, so not to tie the dark colored Macoron to a "mischievous" personality.

Function
AIBO Friend had two personalities depending on if it was used with an ERS-311 or ERS-312. The Latte personality is cute and playful, while the Macaron personality is mischievous. However, AIBO Pal only has one personality, the Latte personality.

AIBO Pal could handle "Motion-detection photography" (limited to three pictures in the “house guard mode” offered through the AIBO Pal software), though Sony's website warns, "this feature is not designed for any security purpose."

Trivia

 * As with other early ERS-31X softwares, AIBO Pal is also compatible with the ERS-210 because both models ran on the same versions of OPEN-R. It is not recommended to run the software this way because it was not designed for the ERS-210.