I’ve posted a video up of Hugo Ortega’s HTC Shift Review over on the Doctors’ Gadgets blog.

Steve Jobs has announced the the Apple iPhone will have a release date of June 2007.

The iPhone is really a PDA-phone like the Palm Treos, Blackberrys and Microsoft Windows Mobile devices (like my i-mate K-JAM).

This has significant implications for the medical world as a large percentage of doctors are currently using PDA phones for medical references, EMR integration, calculators and so on. - Update: TUAW is reporting that the iPhone won’t allow user installable applications. This information seem to be from a “security/information” attendant so I’m not sure how reliable this information is.

I can see many old Palm stalwarts now switching the iPhone. It will be interesting to see how Skyscape, PEPID, etc respond to this new device and when we’ll see a 5 Min CC iPhone version!

Update: Apple iPhone size comparison to Moto Q, Treo and Blackberry at Engadget.

Update 2: More screenshots - this thing looks fantastic!

Update 3: Video demos of all the features are now on the Apple Website.

Update 4: Steve Jobs interviewed about the new iPhone:

I’m leaving for MedNET 2006 tomorrow. If anyone wants to meet up drop me an email - chris@newmediamedicine.com, or post a comment on here.

I’m presenting about medical e-learning at 3pm on Tuesday and running workshop on PDAs on Tuesday evening.

I’ll be around all week, staying in the conference hotel.

Bill Crounse has a new Audio-cast up about the benefits for healthcare professionals of using Windows Mobile devices.

The program has 3 experts from the Windows Mobile healthcare world inlcuding Dr Edward Zabrek from PPC mag, Hemang Patel fro Microsoft and Robert Quinn from Epocrates.

It’s a really interesting presentation about how mobile devices are gaining more capability and increasing in popularity amoungst doctors.

Check it out here.

Starting this week, applications are open for the Ali
Abdulla Al-Ubaydli™ Scholarships for Mobile Medical Computing™. This is
an international scholarship program sponsored by Epocrates and the five
selected winners will each receive:

* $1,000 Scholarship.
* Mentoring and one-on-one tutorials with Dr Mo Al-Ubaydli.
* Publication of their work in the Mobile Medical Computing Reviews journal
* Press campaigns by Epocrates and Dr Mo Al-Ubaydli.
* One year free subscription to Epocrates Essentials all-in-one mobile
reference to drugs, diseases and diagnostics.

http://www.handheldsfordoctors.com/scholarship

Anyone with a new Palm or Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) PDA always wants to get stuck in and load it up with all the free software they can get their hands on. Of course, most of that software gets deleted but some are gems that will stay the course.

Here’s a list of some free medical PDA software apps that are particularly good:

1. Epocrates (Free Version)

This is a very popular drug database. It used to be just US drug names but they have recently released several international versions including UK and France.

2. Diagnosaurus

Differential diagnosis software. Search by disease, symptom or organ system.

3. Johns Hopkins Antibiotics Guide

Palm Only

This is a handheld version of the Johns Hopkins POC-IT Antibiotic (ABX) Guide

5. NLM Mobile

Several software applications from the National Library of Medicine.

Includes:

• MD on Tap - search Medline on your PDA
• PubMed for Handhelds Website
• AIDSinfo’s PDA Tools
• Wireless System for Emergency Responders (WISER)
• NCBI Bookshelf

6. ACC Pocket Guidelines

The complete set of Pocket Guideline materials adapted and enhanced for mobile devices from the full text version of ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines.

7. MedMath

Palm Only

Medical Calculator for Palm OS PDAs. Designed for rapid calculation of equations used in adult internal medicine.

8. Archimedes

Free medical calculator from Skyscape. Useful if you use a Windows Mobile device and can’t use MedMath.

9. EBM 2 Go

EBM tools, databases and guidelines.