Shiffman Medical Library

Hardware Requirements for Selected Shiffman Mobile Device Resources

Epocrates Essentials
Devices
  • Palm
  • Windows Mobile / Pocket PC
  • Palm or Windows Mobile phones with touch screen
  • iPhone or iPod Touch
  • Blackberry
Note:
  • If you use Palm or Windows Mobile phone, make sure you have a touch screen and Windows Mobile Professional or Palm OS installed.
  • Epocrates Essentials software is not currently compatible with Windows mobile standard device with no touch screen support such as Motorola, Blackjack, Motorola Q, or T-Mobile Dash.
Operating System Palm v5.0 or higher
Pocket PC / Window Mobile Professional
Memory / URL for System Requirements Palm: 10.6 MB
PPC: 8.7 MB
http://www.epocrates.com/products/essentials/requirements.html

UptoDate
Devices
  • Palm, Pocket PC
  • Smartphone
Note:
  • Wireless connection
  • Access UptoDate on WSU or DMC campus only using web browser
Operating System Windows Mobile 5 or 6
Memory / URL for System Requirements  

First Consult
Devices
  • Palm, Pocket PC
  • phones using Palm OS, PPC Smartphones, most Windows Mobile 5 phones, Windows Mobile Smartphones
Note:
  • Phones without stylus need to select Manual Download available from the user profile webpage and then download and install the appropriate eReader and FirstConsult content.
  • Some Windows Mobile 5 devices need to manual download because the download security set by the carriers may block the normal operation of the software.
Operating System Palm 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
Pocket PC / Windows Mobile 5
Memory / URL for System Requirements 9 MB of device memory
http://pocketconsult.elsevier.com/handheldhome/jsp-web/content/help.jsp#5

AccessMedicine
Devices
  • Palm, Pocket PC, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile Smart Phone
  • Any mobile devices that can view html files
Operating System Palm,
Pocket PC / Windows Mobile
Memory / URL for System Requirements http://www.accessmedicine.com/pdaDownload.aspx?aid=2858001

Essential Evidence Plus
Devices
  • Palm, Pocket PC
Operating System Palm 5.0 or higher,
Pocket PC 2003 / Windows Mobile 5.0 with touch screen support
Memory / URL for System Requirements Palm: 2 MB or more program memory; 128 MB or more of expansion memory.
PPC: 128 MB internal memory, 128 MB or larger storage card.

Emedicine
Devices
  • Palm, Pocket PC
  • Any mobile device that can run Mobipocket Reader
Operating System Palm
Pocket PC / Window Mobile
Symbian
Memory / URL for System Requirements 5.21 MB plus memory that a topic needs to take when downloading.
http://www.imedicine.com/pda_list.asp?id=301&force=yes

MicroMedex
Devices
  • Palm, Pocket PC
Operating System Palm 3.5 and higher
Pocket PC 2000 and higher
Memory / URL for System Requirements 25.5 MB for Palm
25.8 MB for Pocket PC

Last edited: 10/19/2009

 

Shiffman Medical Library
Wayne State University
Mazurek Medical Education Commons
320 E. Canfield St.
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 577-1094