Archive for September, 2009

Palmdoc on Twitter

You might have noticed that I have placed a twitter badge in the blog. Actually I’ve been on twitter for some time now but only lately have become more active as I realise it can replace to a large extent some of the information I get from RSS feeds. Besides, it’s quite fun!
My tweets are [...]

Mobile NEJM

The venerable New England Journal of Medicine has a Mobile Friendly Site. I’ve been mostly using their RSS feed but this mobile site looks great. Kudos to the publishers.
(via the WirelessDoc)

Tags: Mobile site, NEJM

MedCalc v1.3 for the iPhone/iPod Touch is available

This just in:

Dear MedCalc users,
This quick note to let you know that MedCalc 1.3 is now available (for free) on the App Store.
It contains many new formulas, some of them based on your feedback.
Thanks for your help in making MedCalc better, and keep those suggestions coming !!
Mathias Tschopp
Pascal Pfiffner
MedCalc developers
What’s New in version 1.3:
- 44 [...]

Epocrates for WebOS coming out this year?

I spotted this in the PreCentral Forums
I got this reply from Epocrates when I asked for an ETA:
Thanks for checking in with us. Of course we haven’t forgotten about the platform we started on 10 years ago! It’s still going strong and we have a lot in the pipeline for you. We take your feedback [...]

My medical WebOS app updates

Mamouton in the PreCentral forums was kind enough to post this screenshot of MediPDA after about three days in the Palm App Catalog: 8832 downloads! Wow!
I notice 39 people have rated this app giving it 4 stars. Not bad for a start but there’s a lot more work to do. I have already had some [...]

Lexi-Comp for WebOS : now in beta

Lexi-Comp, one of the most comprehensive drug databases for PDAs is being developed for the WebOS platform
Since the launch of our new iPhone applications, the Lexi-Comp software development team has been hard at work on software for the latest generation of platforms, including the Pre! We anticipate a Fall ‘09 release; in the meantime, take [...]

Evernote as your peripheral brain

Evernote is an excellent note taking application which allows you to capture text, audio, images, PDFs etc and access them later from PCs and PDAs/PDA phones. It supports multiple platforms including Windows, Mac and mobile devices like the iPhone, Palm Pre, Windows mobile and Blackberries.
Here’s an excellent video I came across by Ryan MacDonald, a [...]

MediPDA hits the Palm App Catalog

MediPDA, the WebOS medical calculator has been in Homebrew for a while. Today, it has officially appeared in the Palm App Catalog alongside 10 new applications. The Homebew scene is active, with over 200 apps available but some users may not be comfortable with Homebrews (really I don’t see it as much of an issue [...]

Epocrates phasing out support for Palm and Windows Mobile?

Some not so good news I just came across in PreCentral
This seems to be terrible news for those of us who use Epocrates regularly. Read the email I just recieved from Epocrates.
“Thank you for being a loyal Epocrates member since 12/18/2000. In appreciation, we’re giving you special advance notice that we’re beginning to phase out [...]

DrugView updated - demo video

SirataXero of the PreCentral forums has kindly jumped in to help with the development of DrugView, an online drug reference search tool for WebOS. You can follow the ongoings here in this thread.
If you are curious to see how this app works, here’s a video of it working in the emulator:

You’ll see that the [...]