Tag Archives: Garnet

Classic time-limited promo: 33% off

Via the Motion Apps website Starting at 8 AM PST on Wednesday March 17th, you will be able to get Classic with 33% off if you tap Buy Now button from the Classic menu. The promo is on until Thursday, … Continue reading →...

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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 … Continue reading →...

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The Pre gets a Garnet emulator!

This is good news for medical PDA users who are thinking of getting a Palm Pre. At the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Palm announced that MotionApps will come out with an emulator for legacy Palm apps. This … Continue reading →...

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Going, going, gone

Josh writes in : Garnet devices appear to be hard to come by. I was going to order 18 Tungsten E2′s for our June incoming interns in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine just like I did last year, load ‘em … Continue reading &rarr...

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Running Palm applications on the Asus Eee PC

I did email Access enquiring if they plan to come up with a Garnet VM much like they did for the Nokia Internet Tablet. Access replied that “There are no plans at this time to release a version of Garnet … Continue reading →...

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Running Palm apps on your Windows PC

You might on occasion find it handy to be able to run some Palm medical applications directly on your PC while you are working in your Office and using the Office PC. It would be less convenient to whip out … Continue reading →...

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Will the ‘Hawk’ be a dream device for doctors?

Jeff Hawkins, one of Palm’s founders, is due to announce details of the ‘secret’ thrid arm of Palm’s business at at Walt Mossberg’s D Conference. Speculation is rife on what this might be. I suspect that if it is a &hell...

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Pediatrics on Hand and thoughts on the future

David Stockwell writes: Hello, I enjoy your site and have just found it since Ken’s website is closing up shop. Huge loss for the medical handheld community. I maintain a website called Pediatrics on Hand that tries to be the … Continue ...

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In search of more Ram for my Treo – Palm are you listening?

Now that the CDMA version of the Treo 700p is out, the rest of us on GSM networks can only look on in envy. Now from the news that we hear on the grapevine, Palm is to release 4 new … Continue reading →...

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Peering into the Palm crystal ball

My Treo650 experience has been great. It is a terrific little smartphone and the feature set is just about right for now. It is perhaps lacking in a couple of areas, particularly the lack of Ram, and the lack of … Continue reading →...

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Which is the best PDA Drug Reference?

I sometimes get asked this question and indeed it is a pertinent one, given the numerous options we have today. There has recently been an independent study which addressed this question, conducted by the Georgetown University and published this year...

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My next Palm

As we approach the last quarter of 2005, I eagerly anticipate Palm’s (no longer palmOne) upcoming models. Palm traditionally releases a high-end model sometime in October. I am currently back to using my faithful T3, after Palm Asia graciously ...

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