SATELLIFE Seeks Used PDAs 11
linuxwrangler writes "Upgraded your PDA this Christmas or just have one gathering dust? SATELLIFE is accepting donations of used PDAs for use by doctors in the poorest countries. The PDAs, when loaded with programs such those from Epocrates have become an invaluable resource for physicians in the remote areas of developing and impoverished countries. SATELLIFE's work earned them a 2004 laureate from the Tech Museum of Innovation."
Cut to eBay... (Score:2)
Minimum - Palm V (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Minimum - Palm V (Score:2)
Palms are also far from ruggedised. I'd put the lifespan of an old Palm V or IIIx in Africa at about six months. Hardly worth shipping out there.
Re:Minimum - Palm V (Score:3, Insightful)
Let's see... # of lives possibly saved in 6 months vs. shipping cost. You really don't think it's worth it?
Re:Minimum - Palm V (Score:2)
Re:Minimum - Palm V (Score:5, Informative)
From the Epocrates website:
Devices NOT Supported
Palm Personal
Palm Professional
Palm IIIe, Palm V, Palm VII, M100, and other 2MB Palm OS devices
TapWave Zodiac
HandEra/TRGPro
Devices with MIPS and NEC processor type
Cassiopeia devices
HP Jornada 520/540/600/700/800 series
Devices that do not use Microsoft ActiveSync
Windows Mobile PC (such as Samsung i600 and Motorola MPX200 Smartphones)
Re:Minimum - Palm V (Score:2)
Donating PDA's (Score:1)
I have found the entire palmtop concept to be useless for me personally. Having to train the thing to recognize my handwriting or learning to write in the stilted font that some palmtops will recognize has been something I am not willing to do. Plus the dinky screen really is useless, especially at the prices that are being charged for these things.
I prefer to take my laptop co