“The next billion people who will be getting online will be using cellphones, not computers,’’ says one of the experts quoted in a Boston Globe article about an MIT project using mobile phones to help health professionals and farmers in developing countries. Because of the ubiquity of cell phones in the developing world, they provide [...]
Medscape Mobile looks like a competitor to Epocrates. Check it out if you are looking for something different on your iPhone or iPod Touch for drug info and CME: http://www.medscape.com/mobile/about.
A company called CourseSmart has been getting some notice for offering a free iPhone/iPod Touch App to students who purchase electronic textbooks through their service. I checked several UVA SOM titles and did not find them on the site, but other disciplines may have better success. If you check this out and find titles for [...]
Macworld has a nice posting today about the top 10 iPhone/iPod Touch apps for students of all levels. So go beyond Epocrates and our own m.hsl.virginia.edu, and check out their must-have list which includes a flashcard app, calculators, and an assignment tracker.
It came out last week, and could be coming to an iPhone or iPod Touch near you. Free for iPhones, $9.99 for iPod Touches. Read a review (MacWorld) to see if this update is worth it!
Palm’s newest entry into the smartphone market premiered Saturday. Talk is it is a good competitor for the iPhone market. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has an extensive review here:
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20090603/palms-new-pre-takes-on-iphone/
RefWorks announced the launch of RefMobile, a new interface that enables students and researchers to use the RefWorks web-based research management service from anywhere, via web-enabled mobile phones, smart phones, and personal data assistants (PDAs).
The RefMobile interface gives users immediate access to the most commonly used RefWorks functions, including searching their entire RefWorks databases, [...]
Have you figured out a really cool trick with your mobile device lately? Or want to see what others in your program are doing that is really useful for medical needs or just daily survival in the UVa Healthsystem? Click the button at right to join the MUG Discussion Forum in UVaCollab!
Once you receive email [...]
The Health Sciences Library has just rolled out a new gateway to our web site, made especially for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Visit m.hsl.virginia.edu to see mobile-friendly information about the library, databases with mobile-optimized interfaces, and links to other UVA services that work well on a small screen. Whether it is library hours, recommended [...]
For those interested in psych resources:
A new mobile version of the PsychiatryOnline.com site—available at m.psychiatryonline.com—is optimized for viewing on mobile devices. Access to the mobile site is included as an added benefit of current subscriptions. You will be automatically redirected to m.psychiatryonline.com when visiting the main PsychiatryOnline.com site from a wireless-enabled mobiledevice (such as a smartphone [...]
