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Android vs Palm vs iPhone (again)

S Kirk writes in: I realize you’ve addressed this issue on a number of occasions, but how about one more time? I’m pondering giving up on my Palm TX/SLVR L2 PDA/Cellphone combination (a poor man’s smartphone). As usual, I’m co...

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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 →...

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Lexi-Comp in the Palm App Catalog – finally!

After a brief foray following which it was withdrawn, Lexi-Comp On Hand makes it’s appearance in the Palm App Catalog. This is another major medical software application hot on the heels of Pepid which made it’s WebOS debut not long &hell...

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Sliding keyboard not for you? How about the Palm EOS?

Meet the Palm EOS, the second WebOS device from Palm, and apparent successor to the Centro. According to leaked info, it is on track for an AT&T release second half of 2009. The display is a nice 320×400 and what … Continue reading &...

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Palm Pre: the count down begins

It’s official. The Palm Pre will hit the stores in the US on June 6th. It will initially be a Sprint exclusive and will be priced at $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate with 2 year contract. Prethinking has some … Continue reading →...

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Will doctors stick by Palm?

This is what Mobihealthnews is asking. Although they report Twice as many physicians use iPhones in 2009 there are some of us holding back due to the short comings of the iPhone – lack of real keyboard, non-replaceable battery, lack … Co...

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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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Is it time to get an iPhone? iPhone 3.0 vs the Palm Pre

At last Apple has made a significant upgrade to the iPhone/Ipod Touch OS. Version 3.0 touts over 100 features. Key ones which users will look forward to (the OS isn’t expected for final release till June this year) : Cut, … Continue read...

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Gearing up for cloud services

It seems PalmOS is officially dead. The Palm Centro will be the last device produced by Palm to run on Garnet (PalmOS version 5.x) so says Ed Colligan recently. The future is WebOS and this is what the latest PDA … Continue reading →...

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Epocrates coming to the Palm Pre

At least there’s good news for medical users. When the Pre launches, (anytime now from mid February to March gong by the rumors in the boards) expect Epocrates to be available. This bit of information comes from the just concluded … Cont...

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The Palm Pre – concerns from the medical user perspective

Palm was a hit in CES 2009 with its snazzy display of the new WebOS and the first product to run on it, the Palm Pre. The emphasis was on all the cool features – Synergy : integrated contacts and … Continue reading →...

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Palm rocks CES 2009!!

The Palm New-ness has been revealed, in the shape of a new smartphone, called the Palm Pre running on their new OS, now called WebOS. The whole UI has been overhauled, and there is a “silkscreen” area (like the old … Continue readi...

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