- The computing power available to these small devices is growing by leaps and bounds. You are now able to hold way more computing power in your pocket than your desktop computer had just a handful of years ago. And the sophistication of the software available to run on them leaves that desktop compter in the dust.
- Physicians, especially recent medical school graduates, have become comfortable with (some would use the term "addicted to") smartphones and tablets. Rare indeed is the young physician who doesn't carry a smartphone and use it throughout the day.
These two trends, of course, are not independent of each other. In fact they feed off each other. The tech-savvy physician with a penchant for gadgets, therefore, often looks for new ways to use them both during their workday and afterwards as well (assuming there is any afterwords worth talking about).
In this blog we will be talking about the use of smartphones and tablets, and how they relate to people's lives with an emphasis, although not exclusively, on medical professionals.
By the way, we are tired of writing "smartphone." In fact, we don't even like the term. They're not smart (yet). So we will use the term "phone" as a generic reference to them. Besides, we believe that the the old style cell phone, often referred to as a "feature phone" is on its way out.
Be sure to read our next post: "Are Blackberries good for you?"
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