Healthcare Industry: Blackberry Playbook vs Apple iPad

The iPad will have been on the market for about a year when the Blackberry Playbook is released early next year, but has it really affected the healthcare industry that largely. There is no dub there are many doctors that use the iPad to aid them in demonstrating content to their patients, but for the most part the iPad has not really made its ways into hospitals all over the cow try or been the world.

On the other hand, the Blackberry Playbook might live up the healthcare industry's approval. They have worked largely with Blackberry smart phones, so the Playbook tablet may be more widely accepted.


CEO and President Mark Willnerd of TouMetis, showed some medical apps for PlayBook for example app for orthopedic surgeons, where they can design, for example, new knee replacements for patients right from a BlackBerry or from the PlayBook. 
Also, RIM indicated remote EMR access as a potential use case for PlayBooks in the medical field; “For example, a medical records application can attach image files to a patient’s medical record, with the option to open or preview the record, or view the list of available images before it is downloaded to the BlackBerry smartphone.” 

As stated above, since many healthcare related companies are using Blackberry servers, networks, and smartphone devices, I think it would be valid to say the the Playbook would be quite the affordable way to expand their technologies whiteout having to start anew.

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5 Apps We Want for the Blackberry Playbook:

The Blackberry Playbook may have a a bit too brag about when it comes to hardware, despite its smaller screen, but when you compare it to the Apple iPad, it has essentially no applications, with only 3 announced for release date. We have come up with a list of 5 applications that we want and think we will see on or soon after the early 2011 release of the Playbook.


5) LogMeIn: Ignition - This is a tool that lets you control your specified computer or computers from anywhere in the world. No doubt that we will see this for the Blackberry Playbook though for a hefty price of at least $29.99

 4) Dropbox - RIM demonstrated their interest in the Blackberry Playbook becoming a medium for businesses and companies to increase productivity and offer more tools, so Dropbox would ba great example. It would be great for businesses, large and small,  to share info very quickly, especially if you stock an office with 10 or 20 of these puppies!

3) Twitter - Something along the lines of Twitter for iPad. It's up to Twitter to make this or not. Nevertheless, I am sure we will get a ton of third-party Twitter apps.

2)  Netflix - Yes, we understand that the PLaybook supports the god-awful flash, but it would be nice to have a dedicated app. It makes things a lot more simple and organized.

1) Flight Control - Firemint Games have shown the mobile gaming industry that they are capable of producing great games for any platform. One of their most popular games, Flight Control, which made its debut on the iPhone has made it's way to the iPad, Nintendo DS, and even the Playstation Move. I have no doubt we will be seing at least one of their titles for the Blackberry Playbook.

Wattpad for Blackberry Playbook

It has been confirmed that the number one Blackberry eBook app, Wattpad, will be available for download upon the early 2011 release of the Blackberry Playbook. It seems that the only 3 confirmed apps for the Blackberry Playbook are ALL eBook apps. RIM needs to get their act together and decide what their primary market is for this device, because they came off as wanting it for mostly business, but all of the apps are for eBooks...