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“Emerging Devices” and the Role of the Cellular Providers in the Future of Mobile Health

Sep 22, 2011 by
mHealth
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Cellular providers have recently become aggressive in the promotional advancement of new technology initiatives which provide their subscribers access to a greater selection of connected medical devices.

Why locked Android tablets will beat the iPad for hospital use

Mar 08, 2011 by
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[Ed. On Thursday, we will publish an opposing viewpoint from another editor. Let us know what you think in the comments section.] The rush of manufacturers to bring tablet computers to market was much in evidence at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The tablet market was essentially created by Apple with the introduction of the iPad in April 2010, who has gone on to sell an astonishing 15m of these devices [Read more]

The past, present, and future of medical apps

Mar 01, 2011 by
Commentary Featured

[Ed. The article below is simultaneously published today by iMedicalApps.com and the Journal of Surgical Radiology (http://www.SurgRad.com), a widely read, peer reviewed journal] In just a few short years, smartphones with advanced operating systems have sparked a bright new era of mobile medical applications. Although the Blackberry smartphone had been the device of choice for physicians for most of the previous decade, the arrival of Apple’s iPhone in 2007 revolutionized mobile phones. The highly anticipated release of the iPhone software [Read more]

Verizon and Google Net Neutrality deal has health care monitoring in mind

Aug 12, 2010 by
News

Lost in all the buzz of the recently announced Verizon and Google Net Neutrality “partnership” was that both companies were thinking of mobile health care as part of net neutrality.

Google’s Android OS strategy is following Microsoft’s lead – not Apple’s

May 27, 2010 by
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We’re giving away 5 promo codes for one of the most popular PDF readers in the App Store via the comments section of this post.  We’ve reviewed it on this site before and now the app is boasting some significant upgrades. There were fireworks at the recent Google developer conference (“Google I/O”). Some of this was well deserved excitement around features found in the newest version of the Android mobile operating system (version 2.2, “Froyo”). Much of the fireworks, however, [Read more]

Apple or Google? The Answer is Both – What the Future Holds for their Competing Mobile Platforms

Feb 05, 2010 by
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Over the last few months, a great deal of time has been expended on the “hot competition” between Apple and Google in relation to smart phones. Much of this interest probably had to do with a partially imagined story of a once close friendship between Apple and Google, founded on their mutual enmity of Microsoft, now fractured on the rocks of competition and greed. While the truth probably isn’t as dramatic, whatever conflict exists is much less interesting than where [Read more]

Google’s Nexus One Phone Could Usher In New Wave of Medical Dictation Services

Jan 07, 2010 by
News

Google’s launch of it’s newest phone, the Nexus One, has been met with praise and skepticism.  There are many who love the speedy SnapDragon processor and the 5 megapixel camera, while others rail against its lack of differentiation from other Android OS platforms.  Through all the debate, I’ve found the built in capability of Voice to Text not getting much attention.  From what I’ve read of the phone so far, the voice to text appears to be surprisingly accurate, opening [Read more]

GeeTasks: Helping Medical Professionals ‘Simply’ Stay on Task [App Review]

Nov 20, 2009 by
App Review
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This is a great productivity app linked to Google Tasks. Other than traditional medical applications, we we will also review productivity applications that could be benefiical in the daily lives of medical professionals.