and in case people are wondering about that announcement... here's an email I got today:
"In case you haven't checked the latest in tech news in the last few hours and missed the breaking news....
A lot of people have been asking questions about accessing appropriate medical information on the iPhone. As some current medically-oriented iPhone owners know, the only "ePocrates-like" option is an online-based version which does similar things (as far as drug information lookup) but takes a bit longer to load depending on the wireless speed. Many people have been wondering when the iPhone would be fully open to software developers to design programs such as ePocrates, etc. Well, as of a couple hours ago, Apple demoed their new developers tools for new iPhone applications, including in this was ePocrates.
The software updates will be released to iPhone users over iTunes for FREE in June, with the available applications being released as well. Apple says you will be able to purchase these third party applications over iTunes, however, I am sure we will have to download and install ePocrates a little differently, considering the license, etc. This will also be available to iPod Touch users, but for a "...small fee due to accounting issues."
So, since so many people talk about whether an iPhone is an appropriate PDA substitute, I guess this is one more piece of information to help you make the call.
If you have an iPhone already, or want a good online-based drug lookup to snack on until June, check out
http://www.unboundmedicine.com/iphone.htm and click on "Live Demo." I have used this several times at GPP with great success. It works on iPod Touch and regular computers as well."