Help for a surgery intern?

[davismd]

Having a hard time deciding what to get. I have a Dell Axim which I don't end up carrying around because my white coat has too much other stuff in it. Leaning toward buying like a Palm treo vs one of the sleeker smart phones vs a blackberry. I'd like a phone combo just so i have one less thing i need to carry around. any suggestions? I like the way the blackberry looks (the smaller ones) but how practical are they for medical programs?

[Admin]

Blackberry's are improving for medical programs but are still not as good as Windows Mobile for Palm OS models.

Do you know which programs in particular you need? PEPID works on blackberry but Skyscape and Epocrates don't:

http://www.skyscape.com/support/Show...bid=200&cid=27

I use a i-Mate K-JAM which is a nice PDA-phone combo. It's not too bulky so I can use it as a phone but it has a big screen, slide out keyboard and Windows Mobile so it runs everything.

There are versions of epocrates and PEPID and some others that are accessible via the web. You could therefore access them via a web connection on a blackberry if you were so inclined.

If I were buying at the moment I would probably go for a PalmOS Treo although I am happy with my WM K-JAM.

Let me know what you decide on.

Chris

[davismd]

I'd like to have epocrates (or pepid but i've never used it before), maybe the john hopkins Abx guide, and some sort of medical calculator like archimedes. Not very much. I'd really like a blackberry just because of the size factor since i would be using it as a phone and a PDA.

[Admin]

I like the form factor of blackberrys but they are not yet compatible with the software you mentioned.

Have you looked at the Palm Treos? They have a pretty similar form to a blackberry but will run all the software you mentioned.

Alternatively you could go for the Blackberry and PEPID - http://www.pepid.com/pages/bbgoesnative.asp

Chris