New Palm Centro Launched

The new Palm Centro may work very well in the healthcare setting due to 64MB of on-board memory and expansion card. This is basically the same amount of memory as the Treo line (e.g. Treo 700, 750, etc.). See video here.

IT Mobility in healthcare setting requires multi-faceted approach

An excellent editorial in June's issue of Health Data Management explains strategies needed to ensure patient data is delivered to clinicians when and where they need this information. Click here to read article.

Business Week predicts demise of Palm

Yet another article has predicted the demise of the Palm company due to its lack of recent innovation. All you have to do is read some of the comments and ask any physician user why this may not be true. For example....many of the new devices from Apple, Blackberry, etc., still don't run the most popular medical applications such as drug database software, charge capture applications and other essential programs that physicians use daily. I would disagree with the Business Week author on his predictions. Click here to review the article and see comments.

Palm Desktop and HotSync Updated for Windows Vista

Palm has released an update to their desktop and hotsync utilities which should enable your Palm handheld to be used with Windows Vista. It is only compatible with newer devices such as the Palm Treo line, Tungsten T/X and the E2. You can read more about it and work-arounds for other devices at this link. Click here to download.