Category Archives: General/PDA
Enyo goes Open source and Cross platform
Exciting news as Enyo, the framework that powers webOS, is now officially Open Source and also cross platform – it can run in any Desktop and mobile browser (and via Phonegap can be easily ported to native code for the … Continue reading...
Happy 2012!
“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” ~ webOS In case you have been reading all the doom and gloom about webOS and thought it was dead – it’s not quite dead, Jim. Seriously, a pretty sad turn of … Continue...
The Touchpad in the MRI
Amazing, who would have thought – The TouchPad and MRI: Works like no other reported by our friend Riz Parvez at Precentral.net. So there is an advantage to that finger print magnet of a plastic case after all! MRI rooms … Continue readi...
Lexi-comp and the Pre 3
Ever since Epocrates pulled the plug on webOS support, Lexi-comp steadfastly stood by and provided support for both webOS smartphones as well as the new Touchpad. It was practically the only major medical software vendor left as far as an … Co...
It’s not quite over yet
Alright, the music may had died but the Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet. Although there are no signs of any new webOS hardware being released, and only bundled Touchpads available from retailers, webOS the software component is still being supported &...
Smartphone usage amongst Asian Healthcare Professionals
The result of an online survey conducted by MIMS (a leading healthcare media company prominent in the Asia Pacific region, and provider of the popular MIMS drug information system) shows that smartphone usage amongst Asian Healthcare Professionals is...
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The day the music died
I started singin’, “bye-bye, miss american pie.” Drove my chevy to the levee, But the levee was dry. Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die. “this’ll be the day … Co...
Google Translate in the clinic
For those of you who work in an multi-ethnic environment (e.g. doctors seeing non-English speaking patients in the clinic) , I suspect there have been days you wish the Star Trek Universal Translator were a reality. While that only exists … Co...
My #webOS developer journey
It’s been almost 2 years and after 2 dead Palm Pre’s (paid out of my pocket at inflated imported prices) and a Palm Pre2 (provided free by HP/Palm as a developer device) I think it’s time to reflect on what … Continue reading...
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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...
