Posted by: DrJosephKim
mobile health, mhealth, Mobile devices, mHealth devices, Mac OS, Windows 7, Mobile computing
Not long ago, a mobile phone was called a ?cell? phone. Today, these devices have evolved into smartphones (even though many people still use standard feature phones that don?t have smartphone capabilities). Today, the term ?mobile? is getting redefined all the time. A smartphone like an iPhone is clearly mobile because we carry these devices with us wherever we go. How about a tablet like an iPad? What about a laptop or a super-thin and light ultrabook? At what point do these larger computers cross the bridge from mobile into non-mobile?
Some might make the argument that laptops and tablets all fall into the ?mobile? category. One of the problems with this perspective is that standard laptops and tablets that run regular desktop operating systems like Windows 7 or Mac OS X are not really different in any way from a typical desktop computer. You gain portability when you get a laptop, but the features and functionality of a regular laptop mirrors what you can do with a desktop.
The innovation behind mobile health or ?mHealth? is in mobile devices that run simple operating systems that let users compute all day. These devices require low-power and run novel apps that can transform a digital device into a health and wellness tool. In some cases, these mobile devices are becoming transformed into medical devices that can diagnose or treat patients.
So, returning to the original point: is an iPad a mobile device? Yes. Is a Windows 7 tablet (that is the same dimensions as an iPad) a mobile device? Well, yes - but the Windows 7 tablet is a fully functional PC. In the near future, will we even differentiate between mobile devices vs. standard computers? Or, will they all run the same operating systems? Will we be running mobile apps on our desktops instead of standard desktop applications? I realize that we?re in a transition period right now where devices like the iPhone and iPad may seem very similar (they run the same OS, but they have different screen sizes). Tablets like Windows 7 slates and iPads may appear very similar on the outside, but on the inside they are dramatically different right now. At one point, some computer manufacturers were even creating Windows 7 PCs that were as small as a smartphone, but those didn?t sell very well because standard smartphones were becoming more powerful.
This is a very discombobulated blog post because we live in a confusing world of mobile computers.
How will we classify and differentiate mobile devices and computers in the future? Will they all fall into the same category? We?ll be docking our smartphones into a cradle that will allow us to use a large monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The smartphone will replace the standard desktop and we will no longer differentiate between a mobile OS vs. a desktop OS because they will be the same. The term ?PC? which stands for Personal Computer will evolve to mean a mobile computer.
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