Running medical apps on the iPod Touch
First of all it’s called the iPod Touch, not the iTouch (a common mistake). One of the common misconceptions is the need to get an iPhone if one wanted a PDA as an organiser and to run the medical applications available for the iPhone platform.
The answer is no, you do not need to get an iPhone. Cash strapped medical students and junior doctors who already have a functional phone need not fork out more $$$ just to run useful medical applications. An iPod Touch will do nicely, thank you. It will run almost all the available medical applications. The caveat is that the iPod Touch requires that you have Wifi if the application needs an Internet connection. This is not so much a problem nowadays as Wifi is pretty ubiquitous at work and at home.
So the tip of the day is if you want a PDA and not a PDA phone then do consider getting an iPod Touch. It’ll give you more bang for your buck and you don’t need to ditch your trusty Nokia phone.
(see MedPage Today via KevinMD.com)
Note on Palm PDAs:
It’s a pity the TX is the last PalmOS PDA from Palm. I hope they will consider a dedicated WebOS PDA or Tablet in the future as I believe there is a nice market for those who want only a PDA and not a PDA phone. If you are a die-hard Garnet fan, you might be interested to know that Aceeca, a New Zealand company, is Readying New Palm OS Garnet Handhelds
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About the author, Alan: Alan Teh is a Malaysian Physician who specialises in Hematology-Oncology & Stem cell Transplantation. He has been using Palm PDAs since 1997 and is absolutely reliant on them. His current PDA is a Palm Pre and is a strong advocate of the webOS platform, Palm's latest operating system. Caught the blogging bug in 2004 and has been addicted ever since… |
I thought the same way too. Until I ran out of pocket space with a phone, a Tx, keys and coins.
Eventually gave up and got an iPhone.
I hear you re: pocket space. I really could make do with one smartphone but out of geekiness I carry two myself
Just found out last month UTD can’t be loaded on iphone! Needs to be online. There goes my phone bill. Celaka.
Same for the Palm Pre, not even under Classic. So one has to access it online. The iPhone works best if you have a mobile data plan. Maxis to costly? If you are not on contract, get Digi – only RM48/month for 3g/HSDPA. Hopefully your area is covered.
Still in Oz at the moment. Will be back in tanahair in 2 weeks. Will check if Digi 3G is available in Muar, Johor.
Thanks for the advise.