If the price ever comes down the iPaq from Compaq looks like an ideal platform
for handheld applications.
Ignacio Valdes wrote:
> The PDA previously known as PSION has now been re-branded in the US as the
> Diamond Mako. PC Mag did a recent review and liked it:
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/overview/0,9835,430544,00.html
>
> -- IV
>
> Wayne Wilson wrote:
>
> >
> > "John S. Gage" wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The thing is that 320 X 240 pixels is just not quite high enough
> > > bandwidth for the sorts of graphics intensive app's I have in mind.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? I'd hate to be body-surfing the tsunami after the crest.
> > >
> >
> > Well, if you need more I/O capability (plus a first rate java
> > environment from the factory) and can accept that the device will fit in
> > a lab or white coat pocket but not a shirt pocket, try the EPOC based
> > devices from PSION.
> >
> > Some software for the psion is here:
> >
> > first, the drug database: http://www.mydoktor.com/
> >
> > some other Commercial products at: http://www.palmaris.com/products.htm
> >
> > Also, the ePocrates folks have made on-line prescription writing using
> > your Palm possbile, here is a quote from their site:
> >
> > Tuesday - November 14, 2000
> >
> > "Using MobileTrust for client certificates, ePocrates can
> > authenticate
> > the prescribing physician's identity and have the
> > prescription digitally
> > signed right on the handheld," said Daniel Zucker, chief
> > technology
> > officer for ePocrates. "With this technology, we aim to
> > satisfy the
> > highest possible security standards."