Thursday, January 29, 2009

Website Devoted to Use of Mobile Phones in Healthcare

"Wireless Healthcare" has launched a new Website, themobilehealthcrowd.com devoted to the use of mobile phones in healthcare. It includes their earlier report "101 Things To Do With A Mobile Phone in Healthcare" and asks community members to contribute information about devices and services....MORE

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Incentives for e-Prescribing include Handheld Devices

The Wall Street Journal has reported an increase in the number of physicians moving to e-prescribing. Some plans are offering a number of bonuses and incentives including e-prescribing equipment such as digital handheld devices to make the transition easier...MORE

Monday, January 19, 2009

Unbound Medicine Announces Download Support for iPhone and iPod touch

Unbound Medicine has announced that its mobile products are now available for download to iPhone and iPod touch devices. The first application to be released is Nursing Central...(MORE)

Friday, January 09, 2009

Physician Use of Smartphones on the Rise

The American Medical News cites reports from two research groups that as of September 2008, 54% of physicians were using smartphones and that by 2011 that number will grow to 70%...MORE

Thursday, December 18, 2008

PDAs Prove Valuable in Monitoring Patients with Mental Illness

A research team from University of Missouri has published an article in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology describing the use of personal digital assistants in monitoring patients with borderline personality disorder. Participants were equipped with devices that prompted them to respond to a series of questions at random times through the day, giving doctors detailed information about their experiences and moods...MORE

Unbound Medicine Now Available for Download to BlackBerry

Unbound Medicine has announced that its software can be downloaded to BlackBerry devices. Releases include popular titles such as 5-Minute Clinical Consult and Nursing Central....MORE

Friday, December 05, 2008

73% of Physicians Go Online Daily for Clinical Information

A new survey showed that 73% of doctors go online for clinical information at least once daily,and almost 20% consult websites 5 or more times a day....MORE

Nursing Interest in Wireless Connectivity in the Hospital

Enterprise-wide wireless solution addresses nursing need for wireless connectivity and mobility during patient care. MORE...

Friday, November 21, 2008

Unbound Medicine has released a series of new “digitally born” products developed in partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. The new products extend The Merck Manual franchise with a new database focused on the assessment and treatment of patient symptoms. MORE...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Wireless Technology Deployed in Illinois Hospital

A Peoria, Illinois hospital has installed wireless technology throughout the facility to increase patient monitoring capacity as well as extended use of cell phones, PDAs, pagers, and laptops at the point of care....MORE

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Medical Students at University of Louisville to Use Wireless Resources

University of Louisville Medical students will benefit from a partnership between the school and Sprint to provide smartphones preloaded with medical applications...MORE

Friday, October 10, 2008

American Academy of Pediatrics and Unbound Medicine Launch Pediatrics Site

The AAP and Unbound Medicine have launched Pediatric Care Online™. Created especially for pediatricians and pediatric residents, the point-of-care solution integrates AAP reference content with Unbound's award-winning platform making the site easy to access using a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless device, or the Web....MORE

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Department of Health and Human Services Demonstrates Health Information Network

HHS recently demonstrated live operation of the Nationwide Health Information Network via webcast. Using actual health systems, the test showed how health care providers will be able to use a Web browser to access patient records stored in a different health system. http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350589-1.html?GHITNL=yes...

Friday, September 19, 2008

Army Testing Cell Phone Messaging to Trauma Patients

The U.S. Army plans to test the use of text-messaging to cell phones of troops who have suffered brain injury as a result of trauma. The system is designed to urge patients to comply with treatment and to allow the health care team to improve monitoring...MORE

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

iPod Touch in the Health Care Setting

In a recent blog post, Dr John Halamka described the advantages of the iPod Touch as an information source for health care providers....MORE

Friday, September 12, 2008

Medline Search RSS Feeds

Unbound Medicine has added a nifty RSS feature to our Unbound Medline product. Using this feature is a terrific way to keep abreast of the latest medical information published for a specific subject.

To subscribe to a Medline Search RSS, simply run a search in Unbound Medline and click on the RSS link. You can use your favorite RSS reader to track the latest Medline search results for your saved search.

To show the ease in which one could subscribe to a Medline Search RSS feed, I created a sample search and will list the link to the RSS feed below. I have an interest in journal articles that publish information about Smartphone and PDA use in medicine, so I searched the following in Unbound Medline:

"iPhone OR Smartphone OR Handheld Computer"

In the search results I clicked on the RSS link and saved the URL.

http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/search/iphone_or_smartphone_or_handheld_computer.rss

I use Google Reader as my default RSS reader, so I simply subscribed using this URL. Now everytime I open Google Reader I will see the latest Medline search results for this saved search.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Mobile Medical Practitioners to Push Medical Device Market

According to a report by Wireless Healthcare, an anticipated increase in the level of healthcare delivered outside of hospitals will be a critical factor in the medical device market over the next 10 years....MORE

Monday, July 21, 2008

Military EHR Incorporates Mobile Devices

PDA devices are used to manage patient information and assessment in the field. Users are able to quickly gather structured information on history and physical and use the system to generate a care plan based on triage rules and best practice protocols. Because cellular support is unreliable iThe user interface is designed to be easy to navigate in high stress conditions. Given the lack of WiFi and reliable cellular in battlefield conditions, the device is later synced with acradle to transfer medical records to the system....MORE

Thursday, July 17, 2008

CDC Offers New Health Data Widget

CDC.gov has developed a CDC Data and Statistics Widget with up-to-date health and safety content....MORE

Wolters Kluwer Health and Unbound Medicine Launch Mobile Clin-eguide

The Wolters Kluwer Health online clinical decision support tool, Clin-eguide, is now available for use at the point of care in a mobile version powered by the Unbound Platform....MORE

Thursday, July 10, 2008

More Physicians Communicating with Patients via the Web

As many as 36% of doctors in the U.S. are communicating with patients online, compared to 31% in 2007. This group is also more likely to use a smartphone or PDA and to consult Internet resources during or between visits with patients. MORE...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Study Uses PDAs to Monitor Nursing Activities

A national research project is using PDAs to assess how nurses are using their time. Nurses carry the devices in a pocket and when prompted by an alarm they quickly note their current activities. The long term goal of the study is to improve patient care and safety by better understanding the responsibilities that keep nurses from spending time at the bedside with their patients....MORE

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Unbound Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Launch 5-Minute Clinical Consult

Unbound Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins have launched the digital versions of 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2009. This popular resource can be found on the Web at 5mcc.com, or downloaded to PDA or Smartphone for quick reference on the go....MORE

Friday, May 30, 2008

ACP Position Paper on Increased Use of Technology

A recent position paper released by the American College of Physicians supports increased use of health information technology, but points out that physicians should be reimbursed for the required investment of time to review and maintain patient data as well as the cost of equipment...MORE

Internet Presents Opportunities for Healthcare

Multiple challenges and opportunities are seen as developers create new ways to gather and disseminate the complex knowledge required to practice health care today. This report from European website OBBeC evaluates some of the difficulties and presents some possible developments...MORE

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Wireless Technology Developments

Development of wireless technology and the need for remote health care will drive change in the near future, according to one expert...MORE

New Medical Uses for Cell Phones Proliferate

The Boston Globe recently reported on a wide variety of applications being devised for both researchers and consumers in healthcare. Examples include the use of cell phone cameras to aid diagnosis of diseases in remote locations, medication reminders, and streaming video to aid emergency response teams...MORE

Google Releases Personal Health Records Application

Google has joined companies like WebMD and Microsoft in creating a website where individuals can organize and store their personal health records, according to the New York Times....MORE

MLA 2008 - Unbound Medicine Review

Michelle Kraft's blog, "The Krafty Librarian," reported on mobile tools for clinicians in her notes from the Medical Library Association meeting in Chicago....MORE

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

IBM Targets Health for Mobile Phone Applications

IBM Research is developing applications for mobile phones, including one designed to supply information to aid people on the scene in medical emergencies. MORE...

Peruvian Physicians Use PDAs in Treatment of TB

A recent initiative launched by a doctoral student from MIT and Harvard Medical School worked with Socios en Salud (SES), a Lima-based health organization to provide PDAs to physicians working in the slums of Lima, Peru. Using these handheld devices, health workers could easily manage information they need to track, treat and support patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. MORE...

Ontario Provides PDAs to Nurses

PDAs will be provided to as many as 2,000 nurses in Ontario, Canada. The goal of the provincial government is to support access to drug databases, disease information, and medical dictionaries at the patient's bedside. MORE....

Growth In Use of Wireless in US Hospitals

Wireless capability is increasingly seen in U.S. hospitals. Sales in wireless has been growing at an annual rate of 23% since 2005, with sales of $2.7 billion in 2007. Hospitals see wireless support for their mobile nurses and physicians as a way to make their staff more productive while reducing medical errors. MORE...

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Smartphones for Medical Imaging

Engineers at the University of California at Berkeley and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have developed a way to transmit medical images using cellphones. This promising technique could make modern imaging modalities such as ultrasound, radiography, and MRI more affordable and accessible in the developing world. MORE...

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Doctors Take Up Smartphones

Use of smartphones in clinical practice is slowly increasing as more doctors understand the power of these "pocket computers" and try new medical software being designed especially for iPhone and BlackBerry as well as Palm and Pocket PC...MORE

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

New Improved Tabers Online

F.A. Davis Company and Unbound Medicine, Inc. have just introduced a new online version of the popular Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary with features not available on the previous website....MORE

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Wireless Handheld Devices Could Improve Infectious Disease Reporting

A study published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice reported that availability of handheld devices and wireless access to informational websites can improve physician reporting of infectious disease outbreaks...MORE

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Physician Use of Internet Increases

Physicians use of the Internet for work related activities is increasing. A recent survey by Jupiter Research shows that eighty-nine percent of responding physicians responding research clinical information online at least monthly, compared with 75% in 2005. In 2007, 78% of survey respondents reported communicating with colleagues via e-mail, and 39% reported communicating with patients via e-mail, up from 2005, when 54% reported e-mailing colleagues and 20% used e-mail with patients. MORE....

Thursday, December 20, 2007

More Web Browsing from iPhone than Windows Mobile

Recent market research indicates that the Apple iPhone now accounts for .09% of all Web browsing, compared to .06% for Windows Mobile devices. Analysts speculate that despite the low numbers, this demonstrates the superiority of the Safari browse to the browser currently available for Windows users...MORE

Monday, December 10, 2007

Medical Trainees Use iPods as Part of Training

Medical residents in California have been using short videos on iPods as a refresher before performing ultrasound procedures. This technique helps them get the most from short, intensive courses during specialty training....MORE

Monday, December 03, 2007

Unbound Medicine Releases Free Search Tools for iPhone

Unbound Medicine released Unbound MEDLINE for iPhone™ and iPod touch™ access. Unbound MEDLINE provides instant access to more than 17 million journal articles so healthcare providers can practice evidence-based medicine right at the point of care. Unbound MEDLINE’s interface searches the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed® database....MORE

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Technology to Boost Nursing Efficiency

The American Academy of Nursing Workforce Commission claims that increased use of technology in the healthcare workflow can make nursing practice more safe and efficient. The study of 25 hospitals and health systems, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation stated that increased use of IT could free nurses to spend more active time with patients...MORE

Wireless Devices Used to Monitor Patients with COPD

Health researchers in Canada will arm patients with wireless BlackBerry devices that they can use to report symptoms daily. The goals of the study are to establish the viability of the wireless reporting system and to evaluate the impact of early detection of exacerbations of COPD....MORE

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Study of Mobile Devices in Patient Care Setting

A recent study of preferences of 100 physicians, cited infection risk in physician reluctance to use mobile devices at the bedside....MORE

Thursday, September 20, 2007

PDAs with GPS used to prevent malaria

Researchers from the CDC have developed tools that rely on GPS technology and PDAs to aid in the prevention of malaria in developing countries. Devices were used to collect data on availability of bed netting, and findings were recently reported in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene...MORE

Use of PDAs for ePrescribing Brings Savings in Mississippi

Over 200 physicians have been equipped with PDAs for eprescribing, saving Mississippi’s Medicaid program approximately $1.2 million per month in prescription costs. The system reduces medication costs and increases patient care quality by improving access to patient medication histories as a means of preventing adverse drug interactions...MORE

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Hospitals Expand Wireless Networks

To avoid the risk of interference with medical devices that is posed by cell phones, some hospital centers are creating wireless networks to support communication with mobile phones and laptop computers...MORE

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Partnership Announced by Sprint and GE

Sprint and GE Healthcare have announced that they will collaborate on wireless communications within the hospital environment...MORE

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Physicians Using PDAs to Improve Care and Save Time

An article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer describes how physicians increasingly rely on information that they access via handheld devices during patient care activities...MORE

Thursday, August 16, 2007

CDC Launches Redesigned Website

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a newly redesigned website...MORE

Consumers Consult Internet as Frequently as they do their Doctors

A recent Harris Poll shows that Americans go to the Internet as a primary source of healthcare information almost as often as they consult a physician....MORE

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Microsoft Research Grants for Study of Cell Phone Platforms in Healthcare

In September, Microsoft's External Research & Programs unit will call for proposals to fund research for "Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare" in order to study the application of cell phones to healthcare services. Grant applications will be due in October with up to $700,000 in grant awards to be announced in January....MORE
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Friday, July 27, 2007

Free Smartphones for Electronic Prescribing

The National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI) with Sprint and Allscripts will provide 1,000 licensed prescribers with Smartphones in order to increase electronic prescribing and reduce medical errors. ...MORE

University of Florida and IBM Explore Mobile Healthcare Solutions

The University of Florida and IBM have announced that they are partnering to create mobile technology to monitor and transmit patient data to healthcare providers or family members. ...MORE

Monday, July 23, 2007

National Health Service (NHS) and Dell Experiment with Mobile Patient Data

Results of a new trial within the NHS have been announced by Dell. The experiment enabled community-based clinicians and therapists to access patient care records and clinical systems from any location....MORE

Friday, July 06, 2007

Unbound Medicine Releases 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008

The 5-Minute Clinical Consult for 2008 has been announced by Unbound Medicine. MORE...

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Unbound Medicine Available on iPhone

Unbound Medicine has announced availability of its wireless applications on the new iPhone! The customized iPhone interface takes full advantage of the built-in web browser to give health professionals quick answers over cellular and WiFi networks...MORE

Friday, June 29, 2007

Ambulance Crews Outfitted with PDAs

The University of Warwick in collaboration with the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee has developed clinical practice for the UK Ambulance Service. Ambulance crews will carry PDAs with information such as resuscitation drug doses, toxic chemicals, and poisoning....MORE

Monday, June 18, 2007

Microsoft Announces Internet Portal for Mobile Phones

Microsoft has launched a new MSN portal that is optimized for mobile phones. Experts say there is pent up demand for improved Internet service and richer content on Smartphones. MORE...

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Mobile EMR to be Deployed by Community Provider

A community health care services organization in Ontario, Canada, will implement a system that will give clinical staff mobile access to electronic medical records and patient management software using smart phones, PDAs, or laptop computers. MORE...

iPods Used in Medical Teaching and Practice

The American Medical News contains a story with examples of how iPods and MP3s are being used to support medical practice and to enhance learning. MORE...

Friday, May 25, 2007

Chip Makers Designing Health Technology Products

Semiconductor manufacturers like Intel are developing new wireless devices for patients and health care providers. Possible products include cards with medical records and wireless heart monitors. MORE...

Palm Releases Treo 755p

The first Treo smartphone to be released in 2007 is available through Sprint. More information and a review are available at Palm Infocenter.

Personal Health Records for Mobile Devices

MedeFile International Inc., has developed a version of their personal health record software that allows individuals to accesstheir records using smart phones and wireless PDAs. MORE....

Monday, May 14, 2007

Palm Announcess New Treo

Palm has released the new Treo 755P smartphone. It comes bundled with new software options and uses Sprint for phone and wireless service. MORE...

Physicians Send Text Messages to Patients

A group of physicians in the UK has begun contacting patients via their mobile phones with text messages about appointments and test results. MORE....

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Handango Releases Quarterly Report on Top Handheld Software

Topping the list of devices adding software (based on revenue) were the Motorola Q, the Palm Treo 650, and the BlackBerry Pearl. The Treo 650 had been number 1 for morethan a year. MORE

New Motorola Dedicated to Home Health Care

Motorola is introducing a smart-phone-like digital assistant that can capture vital signs and procedures and handle other home health functions. MORE

Friday, April 27, 2007

Unbound Medicine Releases American Academy of Pediatrics' Red Book

Unbound Medicine has announced the release of Red Book®, 27th edition for PDA, Web, and wireless devices. Created by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases in conjunction with the CDC, the FDA, and other leading institutions, with contributions by hundreds of physicians nationwide, Red Book contains current recommendations for diagnosing, treating, and preventing infectious diseases in infants, children, and adolescents. MORE

Monday, April 23, 2007

FDA Podcasts

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new service that provides audio broadcasts (podcasts) for personal audio players. The FDA's goal is to provide emerging information on drug safety to health care professionals and patients. MORE

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Message from Palm about 700p

Palm's corporate blog has information about the upcoming maintenance release for its Treo 700p. MORE

University of Pennsylvania Installs Wireless

The University of Pennsylvania Hospital has installed a mobile phone network that includes wireless access within their three Philadelphia hospitals for both voice and data. MORE

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Wireless Device Interference in the Healthcare Environment

Recommendations from standards committees ISO/TR 21730:2007 provide guidance for the use of mobile wireless communication and computing equipment in healthcare facilities. They are intended to help organizations facilitate communication and computing with mobile wireless technology. MORE

Treo Wireless Backup Available

Palm has made available a secure, online Treo backup application that can be used from anywhere that users have wireless coverage. MORE

Palm Building Linux-Based Smartphones

Palm's CEO has announced the company's plans to release smartphones with a new platform based on Linux. MORE

Monday, April 09, 2007

Dell to Discontinue Axim PDAs

The last Dell Axim PDA model, the Axim x51v is no longer available from Dell's web site or over the phone. This may leave only Palm, HP, and a handful of small or less well known companies in the traditional PDA market. MORE

Thursday, April 05, 2007

In-Flight Internet Coming to U.S. Airlines

Internet service is likely to be available on U.S. flights within a year, according to industry experts. MORE

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Google Makes Mobile Search Tool Available

Google has announced that their new mobile web-search technology is now available for web-enabled phones. MORE

Palm Reports Record Sales for Phones Despite Dip in Profits

Palm reported that profits were down for Q3 of fiscal year 2007. At the same time, the company saw record sales of the Treo smart phone line, selling 738,000 in the quarter, an increase of 30% compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year. MORE

Florida Physicians Improve Productivity with Wireless Technology

Physicians at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida are using Treo 680s to improve their productivity. They are able to wirelessly pull the most current patient data - in or outside the hospital - to support more informed decision-making and improved workflow. MORE

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Beta Version of Missing Sync for BlackBerry Now Available

Mark/Space, Inc. is now offering a public beta version of The Missing Sync for BlackBerry. This application allows BlackBerry devices from Research In Motion to synchronize with Mac OS X computers.
It can synchronize information between Mac OS X's Address Book and iCal applications and the corresponding applications on BlackBerry handsets.
MORE

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Unbound Medicine Releases New Edition of Diseases and Disorders

Unbound Medicine announces the release of Diseases and Disorders, A Nursing Therapeutics Manual, 3/e for PDA. With complete coverage of more than 250 medical conditions that are commonly encountered in nursing practice, nurses can quickly find the information they need to effectively plan and deliver patient care.
For those who want both handheld and Web access, Diseases and Disorders is also available in Nursing Central, Unbound’s unique all-in-one mobile solution for nursing. MORE

New Smartphone Rumors

There are unconfirmed rumors that Dell is in the process of creating its first cellular-wireless devices. All that is known is that unnamed sources at Taiwan handset makers have told DigiTimes that Dell plans to enter the smartphone market. MORE

Another rumor indicates that
Sprint will be launching a new smartphone from Palm, Inc. in a few months. A post on SprintUsers.com lists several phones that are supposedly coming to this carrier in the near future. One of these is the Treo 755p. MORE

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Microsoft, Meet Common Sense

An amusing article from brighthand.com regarding Microsoft's renaming of the Windows Mobile Platform....
"Microsoft, say hello to Common Sense. No, you don't know each other, but you should. The reason that I'm so certain you're not acquainted is because of some of your recent business decisions." More

Verizon Gets the Treo 700wx

Verizon Wireless and Palm today announced the availability of the Palm Treo 700wx smartphone running Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology, adding another choice to Palm's current EV-DO product offerings for Verizon Wireless customers. The main difference with the Treo 700wx is that it ships with double the operating memory of its predecessor. More

Unbound Medicine Releases The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult

Unbound Medicine announced the release of The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult for PDA, the best-selling reference providing immediate, practical advice on problems seen in infants, children, and adolescents. More than 450 diseases are covered in the fast-access format that makes The 5-Minute Consult Series so popular among busy clinicians.

With Unbound Medicine’s award-winning design, you can choose from multiple indexes to instantly navigate to the information that best answers your clinical questions. Start with the basics by choosing a symptom, then move on to review differential diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up care and more. MORE

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Apple vs. iPhony

Brighthand.com's Ed Hardy discusses the controversy of iPhony, an application for Palm OS or Windows Mobile devices that will allow users to have something of the look and feel of Apple's next mobile device. Apple recently sent out a "cease and desist" order to all sites who refer to iPhony, telling them to remove all references to it. Full Story

Treo 680 Update

Palm has just released an update for the new Treo 680 smartphone. The 680's disappointing battery life is the #1 complaint from most users. Palm has identified that the Treo 680 device can experience reduced battery life when the camera is used. The camera may continue to draw power from the battery when the device is in standby mode. More

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Apple Introduces the iPhone

Apple recently introduced the iPhone, combining three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching, and maps — into one small and lightweight handheld device. More

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Unbound Medicine Releases CURRENT CONSULT Medicine 2007

CURRENT CONSULT Medicine 2007 for PDA is the at-a-glance diagnostic and treatment guide for all your clinical questions. Developed by the expert editors of the best-selling CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, CURRENT CONSULT Medicine covers more than 850 disorders including the most common diseases, syndromes, and symptoms seen in hospital and outpatient settings. MORE

How to Do Everything with Your Palm-Powered Device Book Review

PalmInfocenter reviews one of the few constants in the world of Palm OS-oriented print media, McGraw Hill/Osborne Press’ How to Do Everything series. The conclusion? How to Do Everything with your Palm Powered Device is the perfect companion for someone new to PDAs. MORE

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Differences Between the Two Versions of Windows Mobile

Many of the most popular smartphones bear the Windows Mobile logo, but anyone considering buying one of these should be aware that there are two very different versions of Windows Mobile, leading to significant differences between devices. MORE

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Palm Treo 680 Review

Palminfocenter.com's Ryan Kairer reviews the Treo 680, the fourth and final new Treo promised by Palm prior to the start of 2006. When it was announced it was billed by Palm as a lower cost, more affordable Treo. To date, price, complexity and the larger form factor of smartphones have held back most average users from choosing a smartphone. The Treo 680 addresses these points and debuts with the lowest introductory price of any new Treo smartphone. More

Treo 650 No Longer for Sale

Palm.com is no longer selling the Teeo 650 on its site. While the product information page is still posted, it states "This device is no longer available. Check out other smartphones." More

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Nokia predicts four billion mobiles by 2010

Nokia is predicting there will be more than four billion mobile phone subscriptions globally by 2010. The Finnish company suggests the main driver behind this growth will be the increasingly mobile nature of the internet, with many people in developing markets accessing the internet for the first time through mobile phones. More

Smartphone Users Are Happier Than Regular Phone Users

According to a survey done by market-research firm IDC, those who use a smartphone are generally more satisfied with their devices than those who have a standard "dumb" phone. However, the survey showed that this was one of the few things smartphone users around the world have in common. More

Monday, November 13, 2006

Why Wi-Fi Support Was Removed from ActiveSync

Ed Hardy of Brighthand.com tells us about the most controversial change of ActiveSync 4.0, the removal of support for synchronizing over Wi-Fi. Many people don't understand why a feature that had been available for years was abruptly removed. Full Story

PDA Tool Allows you to Record and Rate Pain

Researchers at Brunel University in Uxbridge, England, have developed a handheld system that enables patients to record and rate pain. The Web-based system features a three-dimensional rotating visualization of the human body to help patients better explain the location of their pain. More

Friday, November 03, 2006

Unbound Medicine Releases The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2007

Unbound Medicine announces the release of The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2007 for PDA. This premier resource for actionable answers to clinical questions provides instant access to the essentials of more than 600 medical conditions. Organized for easy use and rapid information retrieval, all topics are brief, consistent, and action-oriented. The essentials of diagnosis, treatment, medications, and follow-up for more than 600 diseases and disorders are at your fingertips in an easy-to-read bullet-point style. Details

Most Popular PDAs and Smartphones of October

Brighthand.com's editor-in-chief lists the most popular handhelds and smartphones of the last month. This report is compiled based on the number of views each product page receives, so every time someone clicks on a product they're giving it a vote in these monthly rankings. More