iPhone SDK apps: AIM and others headed your way
By Paul Miller 
posted Mar 6th 2008 12:45PM
posted Mar 6th 2008 12:45PM
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I would like to extend a large "eff-you" to the Apple haters who said that the iPhone was a piece of junk.
Thank you.
Prepare to be lowest ranked. :)
What the hell is AIM? The rest of the world uses something good.
I'd think Skype would be the most requested iPhone app, personally.
Does any one know if there is a possibility that Microsoft's MSN messenger will come to the iphone? AIM's only big in the US. MSN messenger is more popular for users in other countries.
MSN didn't demo an application today, but there's no reason why not.
Plenty of multi-IM protocol clients (Trillian, etc.) will probably be made using the new Dev Tools. I'd be shocked SHOCKED not to see an MSN, Yahoo!, GTalk, etc. available when this sucker drops in June.
i'd be surprised if Apple would allow someone to make an msn app for an APPLE product, thats like saying America wants Osama Bin Laden for President.
Mister cow, did you somehow miss the Exchange announcement? I mean, they even talked with a Microsoft guy during the presentation!
Epocrates is a very important app. If by 5 people you mean all doctors, then I agree.
Damn straight jim...
This Engadget update was a little cryptic--when are these "headed our way"? Next week? A month? Now?
Thanks
free app with almost every drug you need, precautions, dosing, pharmacology... a little less organized than lexi-comp, but its not $150 either.
most every doctor with a smartphone uses one of the two, more and more seem to be using epocrates since its free. unless only 5 doctors/dentists/medstudents use iphones i think its gonna be downloaded a lot.
Don't forget nurses as well. I know several that carry PDAs around for the sole purpose of running that program.
yea, considering there are over 3 million nurses and doctors in the US alone, a huge number of which use epocrates or other medical software.
But i'm sure it has nothing to do with the user base, more likely jobs is interested highlighted epocrates because it would impress all the people who wanted a video game.
shouldn't it be hipocrates?
Umm.. It's obviously a riff on Hippocrates in the, slightly outdated, mode of just putting "e" in front of anything that is remotely gadgety.
Also, Doctors are some the most gadget-happy people in the world. Not only do they need to have quick access to auxiliary brains, they have the disposable income to purchase them. Well done, epocrates!
oh for christs sake, are you serious?
Yeah, you'd be surprised at how many medical students, residents, and doctors have iPhones. I mean, when you already have a Palm Pilot, 1 or more pagers, other stuff, and have to have a cell phone... why not an iPhone?
I am psyched about the availability of epocrates. I, along with hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers, use epocrates to ensure correct dosing of medications and other healthcare related information on a daily basis. say goodbye to my crappy pda, say hello ipod touch.
Adium. iPhone version. Por favor.
I would love an multi-client IM app... beside the ones I'm using. Sure iphone.beejive.com & meebo.com work decent, but not good enough. You disconnect if you get out of Safari or answer a call. I don't care who makes it to be honest. Adium/Trillian/Pidgin/etc... as long as it works!!!
I guess I'm 1 of the 5 people waiting for Epocrates. My Palm with drug book and medical thesaurus got me through school and clinicals. My buddy who graduated with me also shedded his Palm for an iPhone and a drug guide has been the #1 missing thing for both of us.
Two of five people waiting for Epocrates!
Epocrates for iPhone- add me to the list of five. I gave up on Palm years ago. The only thing I ever bitched about was lack of medical software for my iPhone. Now those days are gone. BTW, my hospital is full of iPhone toting physicians who will be using Epocrates- so add them to the list too.
Ignorance is bliss, non?
I echo the sentiment of many here. ePocrates is an essential for me (the only reason that I use LexiDrugs at present is because my school has a subscription), and, quite frankly, one of the only reasons I use a PDA. Tools like these are fantastic when we as physicians want to ensure correct dosing, see if a drug shouldn't be used during pregnancy, check for drug-drug interactions and the like...
And, now, the best part, being able to figure out what medication that a patient is on when they don't recall the name, when they take it, or why they take it and the only information they can provide is that "it's a white pill with a blue line down the middle"
So, count me among the five.
When Epocrates is added, every doctor who currently doesn't use an iphone will then make the jump! I've had to keep my Treo around the office just to use that feature. Now if they will just also bring out 3g model so I can pawn my current iphone off to one of my kids, I'll be thrilled!!!!
To those waiting for an epocrates iPhone app. Check out their website as they have an iPhone web version running for us while waiting for the real app.
Alright epocrates! I knew they were working on an app since they have a site up now for iphone users, so it's great news that it will be coming out soon. Probably push me over the edge in favor or an iphone over an HTC.
Know im definately going to get an Iphon. All ! need is 3G, and epocrates
"Epocrates is a medical app, which sounds very very interesting for all five people out there planning on using it" Obviously the person who wrote this post does not have any contact in the medical community. I've been using Epocrates for about 5 years now and all the Nurse Practitioner and MDs that I work with use it as well or come to one of us to use it. It is one of the most popular medical app out there and if indeed it comes to the iPhone, I'll be ditching my Palm TX for good!!!
Yes Mr. Paul Miller, epocrates on iPhone is a very big deal for the medical community. Epocrates was originally developed for the Palm platform starting about 10 years ago, and was a HUGE contributor to the success of PDA use in the medical world, specifically Palm/Sony Clie devices, several years ago. Many doctors today even continue to look for Palm/Clie devices off of eBay in order to continue to use epocrates because they need it, yet would rather use the iPhone than a Treo or a Windows Mobile device - so yes this news has impact on Palm and makers of Windows Mobile devices. And yes, Mr. Paul Miller, doctors read engadget, use iPhones, and find the news about epocrates much more of a cause for celebration than games and compatibility with Exchange.
Paul Miller wrote:
"Epocrates is a medical app, which sounds very very
interesting for all five people out there planning on
using it."
You seem to have forget that the medical community
was by far Apple's largest market for the Apple Newton.
Apple, smartly so, appears not to have forget this.
cheers,
Chris
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