Archive for May 2009

iPhone/touch version of STAT!Ref (full-text books) available

Read text books such as the Merck Manual, Nurses Pocket Guide, Current Diagnosis and Treatment, and more through STAT!Ref.The mobile version is available through the Library’s subscription. To access it when on grounds, go here:
  http://online.statref.com/?grpalias=UVA&mobile=true

Make calls on iPod Touch with Skype

With the recent release of the Skype app for iPod Touch, your iPod can finally act like a phone! Sort of. The limitations:

You do need headphones with an in-line Mic to make it work–the easiest, though not cheapest, solution to that needs is to purchase a set of iPhone earbuds with inline mic for your [...]

Blackberry App World

Washington Post Technology Daily Report focuses on how to more easily install “apps” on a Blackberry today:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050801058.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
The article also includes a good analysis of why loading applications onto smartphones hasn’t been as easy as it should in the past.

iPhone HSCS Tips from SMD11 Student

Claire Olsen, a third year SOM student, recently shared tips on how to get an iPhone to recieve text pages via the HSCS paging system in the MUG forum. We are reposting her comments here, but please join or visit the MUG Forums (link at right) to add your own tips to the conversation, as [...]

A few interesting iPhone apps

This recent article in PCMag caught my eye
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343550,00.asp
It discusses some new apps such as a blood pressure cuff that plugs into the iPhone and a glucose testing device. I really need to check out the medical apps often because there is always something new!