Several of my colleagues are anxiously waiting for the Palm Pre to let go their dreams of having just another great medical Palm device… Should they wait?
Palm Inc. recently announced that Palm Pre will be released from Sprint on next June 6.
But let me remind you of something;
This is not a PDA, this is a Smartphone. Which means that you have the obligation of a 2 years contract from Sprint and if you are not a current Sprint subscriber then you will unlikely be holding the Palm Pre anytime soon.
Gone are those the days of Palm Tx when we used to show off that cool device as an amazing miraculous gadget that can help us diagnose and treat our patients. Now almost everyone carries a minicomputer in his pocket.
The convergence of the phone and the PDA has been noticed during the last two to three years and Palm is no exception, they realized that if you don’t get your phone, contacts, and Internet together with your PDA applications you are unlikely to addict to it [ just like how you are now addicted to your Blackberry or iPhone].
In fact with the exception of the HP’s iPAQs 111 and 211 there has been no major PDA-only device released into the market, all Smartphones.
Doctors really like the Palm OS and a high percentage insist on the Palm but what are they going to do this time! Are they willing to abandon their AT&T’s iPhone or their Verizon’s blackberry 2 years contract for the sake of a Sprint’s Palm Pre?
Let’s wait and see..
Tags: Palm Pre
I agree with you that phones are PDAs are certainly merging
So why don’t change you blog name into Pediatric Smartphone Blog!
I agree with you that phones are PDAs are certainly merging
So why don’t change you blog name into Pediatric Smartphone Blog!
Yes I will be waiting for Palm Pre and am willing to abandon my Nokia and Palm Tx!
Yes I will be waiting for Palm Pre and am willing to abandon my Nokia and Palm Tx!
I also agree with you…..I am happy that Skyscape has come out products on palm pre classic…just waiting to know the installation process
I also agree with you…..I am happy that Skyscape has come out products on palm pre classic…just waiting to know the installation process
RE: Jenny
Yes MotionApps will let simulate all the Palm OS applications you used to have such as Epocrates and Skyscape but unfortunately it renders the interface exactly like the old Palm OS making no use of the new wonderful features of Palm WebOs such as multitouch and zooming.
Ultimately medical developers will need to develop their specific versions for the Palm Web OS (Palm Pre).
RE: Jenny
Yes MotionApps will let simulate all the Palm OS applications you used to have such as Epocrates and Skyscape but unfortunately it renders the interface exactly like the old Palm OS making no use of the new wonderful features of Palm WebOs such as multitouch and zooming.
Ultimately medical developers will need to develop their specific versions for the Palm Web OS (Palm Pre).