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Electronic Textbooks & The iPad

Will Apple’s iPad kill the textbook? Many educators are pointing to Apple Computer’s ( AAPL – news – people ) recently announced iPad as the prototype for an e-reader that will be able to hold all the textbooks a student needs. Its color touch-screen, interactive-video capability and virtual keyboard, they say, give it greater potential [...]

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Healthcare and the iPad

“The iPad is a content consumption device that will enable doctors to review images, including zooming in on and annotating x-rays,” Stinson said. “I don’t think the iPad is a real data acquisition device,” he continued. “Will people bolt on all sorts of medical functionalities? Sure, via HIMSS: Tablet makers talk wireless, iPad | mobihealthnews.

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eDr.Rx e-Prescribing Solution Will Support New iPad Device

Wayne Singer, President and CEO of eDr.Rx, announced recently that the company’s eDr.Rx e-prescription management application will support the new Apple iPad device when it is released in late March. Prospective clients will be able to securely sign up for eDr.Rx services through the iTunes App Store. eDr.Rx currently allows access with all browser-based form [...]

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iPad sales 8M in 2010?

The iPad could drive total tablet sales for the year as high as 10.5 million devices, a Gartner Research analyst said today. Traditional tablets — such as those used in medical, sales and delivery applications — will account for just 2.5 million of the 10.5 million tablet total for the year. via Update: iPad to [...]

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College Offers Macbook or iPad

Deciding where to go to college is a tough decision. However, for those incoming freshmen who are enrolling at George Fox Univeristy, a Christian college in Oregon, they still have an important decision to make: Macbook or iPad. The school has recently that it has decided to give new students the option of choosing the [...]

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MacPractice preps for iPad

Imagine walking into your doctor’s office for a check-up. Instead of handing you a clipboard with paper forms, the receptionist could hand you an iPad; you’d tap in answers on an electronic form, and those replies would be transmitted wirelessly to the patient database. Instead of writing down diagnoses and procedures on a paper chart, [...]

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IBM Eyes The iPad

Apple’s ( AAPL – news – people ) iPad seems squarely targeted at consumers, not BlackBerry-wielding suits. But Rennie says that the tablet, like the iPhone, will likely be used by executives who blend their home and work life and want to use their own personal gadgets to do work securely. “Peoples lives don’t segment [...]

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Interactive textbooks headed to iPad?

Software developer ScrollMotion has been tapped to develop iPad-friendly versions of textbooks for education publishers like McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin, and Kaplan. Features that may make it into the iPad textbooks include video, interactive quizzes, the ability to record lectures, highlight and search text, and take notes, according to The Wall Street Journal. ScrollMotion announced [...]

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iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is Better for Education?

Much more at the link below The e-reader, be it an iPad, Kindle DX, or another device, is particularly well-suited for education. It’s an ergonomic and (likely) cheaper alternative to backbreaking, overpriced textbooks. So how does the iPad compare to the Kindle DX? Here’s a quick rundown: Price: Both devices cost about $500, although the [...]

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The Apple iPad: Ready for Mobile Medicine

Is Apple’s handheld computer, the iPad, just what the doctor ordered for telehealth and telemedicine? It certainly looks that way, according to two mobile health care industry watchers. “While Apple CEO Steve Jobs… did not mention the health care vertical as a key market for the iPad: It looks to be just that. The iPad [...]

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