New iPhone Applications Announced by Funambol and Unbound Medicine

iPhone customers who are looking for content to download on their mobile phones must check out these two new applications recently announced by Funambol and Unbound Medicine.

Mobile Contacts application for the iPhone

Funambol, an open source software company, announced in a press release that they will be inviting consumers to join the myFUNAMBOL portal so they can access email, contacts, and calendars on their ordinary cell phones and they will also be providing the first over-the-air mobile contacts application for the Apple iPhone.

However, myFUNAMBOL is currently available to users who has invitation. iPhone users who has the over-the-air contacts application for their phone can access their myFUNAMBOL address book on their phone so that they can make calls, send email and even map locations using Google Maps. myFUNAMBOL can facilitate a user's migration from his old device to the iPhone over-the-air.

myFUNAMBOL also supports other mobile devices like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson.

According to Funambol's press release, Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol's CEO, said, "The iPhone is the most anticipated phone in the history of the mobile industry, and Funambol is very excited to offer the first over-the-air application to enable iPhone users to use their preexisting contacts to drive iPhone services such as mobile email, Google Maps and voice calls. At this momentous time in the industry, Funambol is also pleased to unveil myFUNAMBOL, which makes it super easy for people to get their mobile email, contacts and calendars on everyday cell phones."

Medical Knowledge on the iPhone

For medical practitioners who bought the iPhone, Unbound Medicine, in their own press release, announced that they would deliver leading medical content unto the Apple iPhone. Among the medical products made available to the iPhone by the company are, Harrison's Manual of Medicine and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests from McGraw-Hill, 5-Minute Clinical Consult from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Red Book(R) from the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Davis's Drug Guide and Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary from F.A. Davis.

Unbound Medicine also allows tracking of a clinician of their favorite medical journal or search more than 15 million journal articles. Medical practitioners can now consult a wide variety of information on diseases, drugs and tests right at their fingertips.

According to Bill Detmer, President and CEO of Unbound medicine, 70% of clinical questions go unanswered. With pocket-sized internet devices, they can bring medical knowledge to the point of need, improving patient care and reducing medical errors.

By adding the iPhone to the long list of devices supported by the Unbound(TM) Platform we can help busy doctors and nurses stay abreast of the latest developments in their fields, Detmer said.

For a live demo of Unbound's iPhone interface, visit their site at: http://www.unboundmedicine.com/iphone.

SOURCE:

Press release, Funambol. URL: (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-02-2007/0004618897&EDATE)

Press release, Unbound Medicine, Inc. URL: (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-02-2007/0004619126&EDATE)