MedlinePlus Works Well on Small Device Browsers like N95
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My Nokia N95 runs the Symbian OS. Epocrates only runs on Palm and PocketPC devices. Epocrates online seems not to know what to do when a small device browser accesses it. I can log in, but the site is really unusable on a small screen (I've written to Epocrates to suggest they consider adding support for small devices/screen). So where do I get drug information? From the government!
I just discovered that the National Library of Medicine's Medline Plus
does play well with small screens/browsers. Below is a screenshot of the Medline Plus page on Opera for Handheld Devices:
Compare this to the page view on the N95's built-in browser:
Makes the $29 for Opera worth it, don't you think?
Cingular Doesn't Play Nice With Midlets
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I have cell phone service with Cingular/ATT and have been quite happy with them. One reason is that I can move my SIM card between different phones and am not locked in to using only one cell phone. Another was that they didn't tend to hobble their devices the way Verizon did. For example, new Verizon phones would let you use bluetooth for wireless headsets, but not for syncing. Well, I just discovered one problem with Cingular...
My new Nokia N95 (which I had to purchase for full retail since Cingular doesn't offer any Symbian smart phones) is awesome. I was trying to get Widsets to work but failed. (Widsets are small web applications that can run on the phone much like the iPhone will supposedly use Web 2.0 technology to extend its application capability.) The reason? Cingular won't let most midlets have socket connections. Hmph.
