The 5 reasons(more details at link)
1) Hardware
2) Keyboard
3) Stylus pen with hand block
4) Ports: USB 2.0, HDMI, MicroSD
5) Full functioning OS
"One thing is for sure, though: the Surface has the opportunity to be relevant in the hospital space, and my fellow doctors can stop being scared now. Personally, I can't wait to try one out."
This is going to good for business. Finally having Excel on a tablet!
Tablets keep bringing Star Trek TOS to mind. I think of Kirk and the notepad the yoeman would hand him.
With the exception of “hard” technologies like Warp drive and transporter beams, we’ve far surpassed the tech of Star Trek TOS in every way, and there is no end in sight. We’ve even come up with tech that they didn’t have.
Physicians have been using tablets running all sorts of operating systems for sometime.
For example, the Dell “Streak” line of phones and tablets three years ago was originally designed for hospital use and saw good market penetration there (general consumer use, not so much.)
In other news, a new line of trucks from Toyota may soon have farmers using Pickups to haul hay out to cattle. What an advance that will be.
I think the future of medical computing may well be VMWARE virtual machines being accessed by BYOD which could be ipad, android, surface or what have you. This is already being done and is a much better solution for all sorts of reasons.
Personally, I doubt it strongly... I can't see a doctor toting around a Surface with its keypad cover, always looking for a flat surface to put it down on to type... merely to get "Desk top functionality".
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What sort of person would *finally* buy a tablet as a “first tablet” purchase?
Laggards who are dummies.
So, the target market is -— people who are technical laggards.....kinda like the Zune market. Who, after 5 years of MP3 players did not have one? And if they did have one, why would they want to go higher price/lower functionality? Because the on Microsoft stock?
it’s gonna be a tough, tough road when you follow the other guy after he’s introduced his 3rd gen product, and the samsungs of the world have ultracheap tablets at basically < 200$.
Microsoft should stop pretending, and quit playing in personal devices. They SHOULD go after the BUISNESS MARKET and improve their whole business offerings, making them easier to use and more sticky. They could take on for example web servers where they have < 5% of the market.
They have “jealous guy” management. Monkey boy so much wants to be cool, he will drive the company off the cliff building products that change the direction of the company while ignoring their base.
as a physician,we are already happily using the ipad.
I’m a physician and we use touch pads at work. The first thing I did was plug in a mouse, keyboard, 23 inch monitor and headphone. Touch input is not productive hospitital work in my experience.
I’ve spent months making Dragon shortcuts to fill in the Touch to Type forms. I dread moving to something like this that would take away my ability to integrate local Dragon voice recognition.
I do use a Transformer at home and a touch screen that can keep itself standing and key board is a great combination. I keep reaching out to touch my laptop screen.
I’ve been dealing with a bunch of doctors, nurses, aides, receptionists and physical therapists lately, all using a bunch of hardware. Desktop PC, laptops and small mobile devices.
The one thing they all agree on is that the software they are forced to use is awful. From small two doctor practices to large multi-state corporations, they all agree that the IT people are clueless about what the medical practices actually need.
My primary care physician office staff in a large medical group actually carry around full-size laptops. On the other hand, I showed my endocrinologist how he could do all of his Rx work from his iPhone or iPad while he is with a patient.
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