Category Archives: General/PDA
The @HP TouchPad has landed #webOS
July 1, 2011 marks the official launch of the HP Touchpad, the first tablet sized computer running webOS originally designed from the ground up by Palm for mobile devices. The Touchpad will run webOS 3.0, the latest version designed to … Conti...
Text messaging with your mobile device
One of my favorite ways of communicating is via text – traditionally via email or SMS. I find communicating with colleagues, patients friends and family this way convenient and indeed non-obtrusive. There can be nothing more annoying than a pho...
Another demo video of the HP Touchpad
This one shows Citrix Receiver for webOS in action. Why is this exciting? Citrix is being widely used by the healthcare industry as a means to provide employees to access applications licensed by the organisation. This means a Citris Receiver &hellip...
My current devices
Those of us who are avid mobile users would often have 2, 3 or more smartphones. I thought I’d share my current active devices and my thoughts on how useful these are. My current main smartphone is a webOS device, … Continue reading &rar...
HP webOS Think Beyond
Here’s the video of the event which just concluded. Three new devices, a tiny Veer, the Pre3 and the slate device Touchpad. The Pre3 to me looks like a great device, powered by hardware specs which will make webOS fly. … Continue reading...
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Hello 2011 and the best of all worlds
What a year it has been. I was reading the excellent capsule summary at PreCentral on what has happened to Palm and webOS in 2010. I have had first hand experience with webOS for over a year now and continue … Continue reading →...
Update on Epocrates for webOS – a ray of hope?
SirataXero has posted over at WebOS World Epocrates Client Will Be Updated For WebOS, Medical Professionals Rejoice!. There have been conflicting emails coming out of Epocrates on whether or not they have concrete plans to continue development for we...
webOS 2.0 and medical users – shocking development
The next version of HP Palm’s operating system will be a major leap from 1.45 to 2.0. With it comes a lot of changes under the hood, cards in stacks, Flash (at last!) and more including a microphone API for … Continue reading →...
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Tagged Classic, ePocrates, MotionApps, PalmOS, Skyscape, WebOS
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Farewell Palm, Hello HP Palm
On July 1, Palm as a company ceased to exist. They are now part of HP and with that a new chapter begins. The mobile division will still be headed by Palm’s CEO, Jon Rubinstein, and HP plans to “double … Continue reading →...
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Taking macro pictures with your phone’s camera
Sometimes you might want to take a close up picture of something interesting, perhaps even in the course of your clinic, for instance a skin lesion. If you happen only to have your PDA phone with you, it may be … Continue reading →...
Hp buys Palm. Long live Palm!
So it’s come a full circle. When Jeff Hawkins et al. first came up with the original Palm Pilot, they were manufactured under USRobotics. The latter were then acquired by 3Com. After that Palm split from 3Com, and then split … Continue r...
Google voice search on the iPad
The Wireless Doc, Bill Koslosky, demo’s some pretty impressive Google Voice searching on the iPad. The ability to recognize medical terminology is amazing. I think Palm had better hurry up with the Microphone API! I want mic recording and speec...
