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Mar 12, 08 - 08:35 am Comment from: Schuimpje

The next big thing...

Mar 12, 08 - 08:38 am Comment from: Ampar

"'Many developers resorted to grabbing the file using BitTorrent file-sharing technology,' Kharif reports."

Wow. Stealing something that's free. A BitTorrent first?

Mar 12, 08 - 08:38 am Comment from: Schuimpje

Still can't get it officially here in Thailand, waiting patiently.
Call me a afb, but the iPhone has just become the last nail in many company's coffin.
There is no stopping this 'monster'.

Annalist interpretation: This is horrible news! The Apple bubble has popped. Nothing but doom and gloom ahead.

Naa... there is a bunch of legit content on the bit torrent, it's not the majority of content unfortunately, but still a substantial amount.

"Wow. Stealing something that's free. A BitTorrent first?" - Ampar

Yes my friend, stealing always feels kind of sweet, but always looks ugly!!!

Mar 12, 08 - 09:14 am Comment from: jonahan

Err it's not automatically stealing if it's on BitTorrent you know...

Does anyone think Apple doesn't promote the Touch enough in the sense that these developers will be simutaneously programing , not only for the iPhone but the Touch.

I know iPhone is higher margin. But the Touch is much more accessable as a product.

What I want for iPhone is to securely:

1. Access medical and pharmaceutical references whether physically stored on the iPhone or accessed through a web portal.
2. Integrate with hospital databases for displaying laboratory data in numerical and/or graphical outputs.
3. Integrate with hospital databases for displaying charting information.
4. Send immediate notifications when lab data or charting data exceed a given set of thresholds or rate of change.
5. Access charting information.
6. Access and submit standing orders.
7. Access CPOE (computerized physician order entry) software.
8. Write and submit discharge orders to community pharmacies.
9. Write and submit discharge instructions.
10. List current medications on formulary.
11. Conduct simultaneous "iChat" conversations with colleagues, staff, and patients.
12. Check, set, and verify patient appointments.

Mar 12, 08 - 09:28 am Comment from: madgunde

@Afib

So write up a business plan and submit it to KPCB. Sounds like you could have a successful product idea on your hands...

Mar 12, 08 - 09:33 am Comment from: Ampar

Yes, I know there are at least twenty files on BitTorrent that are free for the taking. It was just some early morning cynicism which is excellent with a bagel, some cream cheese and cup of joe.

Mar 12, 08 - 09:39 am Comment from: Cubert

@Afib,
That is what I am working on right now. And, I am not shitting you. My iFund app is going in today.

Mar 12, 08 - 09:40 am Comment from: Cubert

@Afib and madgunde,
Stay away from my ideas!

Mar 12, 08 - 09:40 am Comment from: CheekyGit

Ahh, there's nothing better than sitting in front of your computer downloading porn via BT in your underwear while eating a bowl of Capt. Crunch early in the morning......

Wait....somehow that seems vaguely familiar.

Mar 12, 08 - 09:47 am Comment from: Ampar

To CheekyGit: You should probably close your curtains. Think of the children.

Mar 12, 08 - 09:49 am Comment from: Ampar

To Afib:

You should work with Epocrates.

http://www.epocrates.com/products/?cid=GA_SM1_EPOC_2&gclid=CIXhlLToh5ICFQUYlwodeQHOEQ

Mar 12, 08 - 09:53 am Comment from: CheekyGit

@Ampar

Don't worry. I live in a 2nd floor apartment. But I do keep the blinds closed, just in case. I'm always practicing safe downloading.

I'm surfing from the 7th floor of St. Joseph's hospital at this moment, and the connection is pretty dog slow. If I was a employee here with an iPhone, I think I would be disappointed.
Bandwidth always still seems to be issue for everything.
Apple is advertising the iPod touch during primetime American Idol times...targeting teenagers and more music related stuff...not to mention the actual iTunes logo and downloadable performances on iTunes straight from Ryan Seacrests mouth.

Mar 12, 08 - 09:57 am Comment from: Ampar

To CheekyGit: Cool. Just remember to take a towel if you're going to hitchhike around the universe.

Mar 12, 08 - 10:00 am Comment from: CheekyGit

Extra large bath towel. It's a long way to the restaurant at the end of the universe.

I wonder if that is Matt "Guitar" Murphy?

Mar 12, 08 - 01:12 pm Comment from: Tyler

I'm not buying an iPhone until I can hook up my Xbox 360 Guitar to the iPhone and play Guitar Hero on it. Someone make that app and come up with a means of connecting the two and I'm in. Till then, I'm just letting my Verizon contract expire before I switch to Cingular - which by the way sucks in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, and surrounding areas... but it'd be worth the hassle to have the iPhone.

Mar 12, 08 - 01:39 pm Comment from: Ampar

No, it's Matt "Xylophone" Murphy. He doesn't like to talk about it.

Mar 12, 08 - 01:57 pm Comment from: NCMacMan

Afib --
Depending on the facility you have rights at, you may already be able to do this. The facility I work in is going to a portal based EPR with physician order entry, charting, et cetera. Most of the products today are coming with web API's that enable the software to be used in conjunction with a secure intranet.

All I can say is that our Blackberry server is now obsolete, and the iPhone 2.0 software isn't out yet. I can see physicians now clamoring for new iPhones to work in conjunction with the EPR's as well as other business intelligence databases and software.

Mar 12, 08 - 02:00 pm Comment from: NCMacMan

Blue dream --
Many facilities allow access to wifi, but at a restricted bandwidth. The hospital system I work at has an open wifi connection, but the bandwidth is small and sites that take large chunks of bandwidth or potentially offensive sites are blocked.

Once 2.0 is out, the 801.x security protocols will take the worry out of the security question, allowing workers with iPhones to access the intra and internets.

Mar 12, 08 - 08:50 pm Comment from: Bluefin

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the ipod touch is ok, the speakers are internal, thats the only thing that sucks
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