A Lot Of Good Stuff - Some Free!I've got good news for you. If you're looking for handheld PDA software, there's a ton of software out there for handheld PDA's and a lot of it is shareware and even freeware. However - you knew that was coming, right? Not all of it is worth the hassle of the download and the time to evaluate. That's to say nothing of getting rid of it, without incident. Anyway, if you're just starting out take a look at PDA Street (www.pdastreet.com). That site has a number of resources that you will find useful from product reviews to free downloads, a forum and a price comparison via BizRate. Another comparison site is PDAPoint (www.PDAPoint.com) which has some similar features although the freeware/shareware is absent for the most part. If it's medical support you're seeking, a good place to look is CollectiveMed (www.www.collectivemed.com). Their categorized listings include medical reference, drug guides, patient tracking, dictionaries, calculators, and coding & billing. There is also a section to download some free software there. Another feature is their hardware and software buying guide. Another site that may appeal more is Dartmouth's Biomedical Services (www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld). This site has a resource list that will take you to several academically oriented sites including Dalhousie's Handheld Recommendations from the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine (http://handheld.medicine.dal.ca/software/index.htm). This is an extensively annotated list of recommendations for PDA hardware and software. The PDAVerticals is a series of resources put out to cover not only the medical profession but also medical students, the legal profession, the accounting profession and the real estate professional. Websites within the PDA Verticals Network provide a number of features useful to professionals using PDA Handheld software in their practices or businesses. Typical features include - Proprietary content authored by industry professionals and experts in the field of mobile and wireless technologies; - A complete product catalog, featuring hardware, software and accessories specifically designed for use by members of the website's community; - Interactive features such as discussion groups where users exchange comments and ideas with peers There are countless other uses for handheld PDA's of course. Some of the more common and heavily used are mapping resources for handheld GPS applications, mathematical applications for engineers, and building trades, games of all types (almost a separate subject by themselves). There is a software application applicable to the workplace of Chefs that includes walk in inventory taking capability, recipe recovery, tracking aspects, ordering, etc. Other popular areas for PDA software are thesaurus, spell check, speech writing aids, joke compendiums, dictionaries, music and movie downloads. There are always plenty of eBooks and other available PDA documents available mostly free. |