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"You know, places where they like nice big displays so everyone there can see the details of the x-ray pics?" Where is this place you go? Because doctor's offi

"You know, places where they like nice big displays so everyone there can see the details of the x-ray pics?" Where is this place you go? Because doctor's offices either have desktop workstations or a lightbox to throw up X-Rays (or will just show you print-outs). With an iPad they can just pinch out to zoom in. YC and Start fund seems to dig the idea of doctor's using iPads, seeing as how Dr Chrono got funded. "Some of your examples seem contrived, like the office meeting where someone is dragging their power brick" It's not contrived because I saw that constantly at the office I worked in (before I started working from home). "Police in their cars don't need a smaller display" The ones I've seen in cruisers have 10" display bog-standard notebooks (some I believe still use DSTN screens, which are ancient as hell). "Delivery drivers already have solutions that are designed for their specific application" Right, as if that gigantic gizmo with 1000 buttons and a tiny monochrome resistive pressure-pen screen UPS drivers carry for signature confirmation is the end-all technology for delivery drivers.

tygorius 16y ago
The last three "offices" I've been to have been an oral surgeon, a dentist, and the pet hospital. In all cases light boxes have been replaced with electronic storage and big LCD displays. The oral surgeon worked with printouts of the x-rays, however, as they were easy to mark up, show to patients, and store in a file folder. It's probable the doctors involved had desks and PCs, but as a patient/client I didn't see their office. I saw them in examining rooms and operating rooms -- places where an iPad simply makes no sense. We could argue hypotheticals all day and it wouldn't change anything. I'll believe your examples when I see them in the real world.
- muhfuhkuh 16y ago
  "We could argue hypotheticals all day and it wouldn't change anything. I'll believe your examples when I see them in the real world." There's alot of evidence out there that it is being used for business[1]. And, even more pilot rollouts in disparate industries. It's still a really young technology in its current "slate form factor + simple OS + simple native/web apps" incarnation, but already iPad is starting to eat away at netbook market/mindshare. [1] http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9182498/iPad_lures_business_users_in_law_medicine_and_other_fields http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9182498/iPad_lures_bu...

tygorius 16y ago

The last three "offices" I've been to have been an oral surgeon, a dentist, and the pet hospital. In all cases light boxes have been replaced with electronic storage and big LCD displays. The oral surgeon worked with printouts of the x-rays, however, as they were easy to mark up, show to patients, and store in a file folder. It's probable the doctors involved had desks and PCs, but as a patient/client I didn't see their office. I saw them in examining rooms and operating rooms -- places where an iPad simply makes no sense. We could argue hypotheticals all day and it wouldn't change anything. I'll believe your examples when I see them in the real world.

muhfuhkuh 16y ago
"We could argue hypotheticals all day and it wouldn't change anything. I'll believe your examples when I see them in the real world." There's alot of evidence out there that it is being used for business[1]. And, even more pilot rollouts in disparate industries. It's still a really young technology in its current "slate form factor + simple OS + simple native/web apps" incarnation, but already iPad is starting to eat away at netbook market/mindshare. [1] http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9182498/iPad_lures_business_users_in_law_medicine_and_other_fields http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9182498/iPad_lures_bu...