Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Med IT

   
 


Handheld Recommendations

Palms, PocketPCs, iphones and Blackberries are almost necessities in medical education and practice.
These devices are best known for their built-in scheduling, email and phonebook features. They are also, however, capable of running a huge variety of medical software, from drug references and textbooks to medical calculators and image viewers.

In contrast to desktop or even laptop computers, handhelds are very small and light, offer the convenience of "instant-on" and a relatively long battery life, and are much more rugged (no moving parts).

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