New: Medical Terms!

January has been a VERY busy month for us at gWhiz. First we put out the NCLEX-RN application with our partner Kaplan Publishing. Next we posted a new version of gFlashPro and refreshed our BlackBerry apps to avoid some OS problems. But now we're happy to announce the debut of Kaplan Medical Terms, found in an Apple AppStore near you. What makes Medical Terms unique is it not only is a nursing flashcards study tool, it's also a handy reference guide. Neat eh?

Can You Hear Me NOW?? - gFlashPro 1.5 Arrives!

The latest version of gFlashPro 1.5 recently appeared in the AppStore chock full of new and cool features. First and foremost among them is the ability to include sound files directly in with flashcard images and text! So, you could have a ornithological test (I did actually know that word :-D) for bird sounds and pictures (as shown here) or perhaps just a simple language test. Here's a few other features in the new release:

• Ability to configure font size
  
• Better image bordering and alignment
• Embedded text with images
  
• Control of autoshuffle feature

Try it out and let us know what you think!

got-2 Problem on BBOS 4.5

We've recently received a number of reports from clients running BBOS 4.5. The problem is that got-2 will not start properly.

Our investigation showed that our low-level call to the BlackBerry library to request calendar events for the coming week is failing. It returns unexpected results causing our code to not start up.

We've since fixed the code so it will still start up (you can get it from here), but the underlying problem still exists: Users running 4.5 that have recurring calendar events may not have all of their appointments show up in got-2.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot we can do about the issue. The word we've received from RIM is that this is a known 4.5 problem and will be fixed in 4.6.1. If you're like me, and just upgraded to 4.5, it may be awhile :-(

We'll keep you posted if we figure out alternatives. We haven't been able to duplicate the problem in-house.

Update 1/20/09:
We've learned from RIM that yearly recurring events cause this problem and we were able to duplicate the issue in house. They also said that the issue has *not* been fixed yet.

gWhiz in the News (well, sorta)

Last week we mentioned the NCLEX-RN application that we've developed with Kaplan. It was recently mentioned in a blog post over at TechCrunch talking about educational applications on the iPhone.

We've made the big time! Well...not exactly :-P

A New Partnership: Kaplan Publishing

We at gWhiz are excited to announce our recent partnership with Kaplan Publishing [kaplanpublishing.com] to deliver educational content to mobile devices like iPhone, and iTouch, as well as BlackBerry (coming soon). As you may know, Kaplan is a well-regarded publisher of test prep and lifelong educational tools, and we're pleased to be working with them on these products.

Our first joint release (pictured above) allows nurses preparing for the NCLEX-RN exam to study more than 300 medications by drug category. Each "card" actually has four sides that the user can flip thru: Medication Name, Use/Treatment, Side Effects, and Patient Considerations. Users can study or go into "Quiz Me!" mode to measure their progress within each of the 21 categories. It's really a LOT of information, so it requires a great study tool like NCLEX-RN Medications Flashcards.

The NCLEX-RN Medications Flashcards application is based on gWhiz's popular gFlashPro product with content created by Kaplan's subject matter experts. You can read about it here on iTunes. [requires iTunes]

Stay tuned: More great educational content coming your way!