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iPad 2

The new iPad is worth it's money. Sleek slender design is a plus and so is the light weight. I am not really impressed by the camera as the pictures with both front and back cameras are pixelated and very amateurish looking. It's handy in the sense that I can carry it around while making rounds and access patient information on the go. This makes life easier and for someone like myself this means much less paper waste. I think one added advantage is that I will waste less time on writing down all the information on a piece of paper every morning and will be able to pull it up anytime I want to do so or need to do so. This gives me more time to think and reflect on the patient and spend more time with the patient rather than time in front of a bulky computer.
There are new apps I am discovering every day. However there is still dearth of good medical apps that have been modeled for iPad. This makes the productivity of the iPad a little less but still the benefits of having a walking EMR plus iPod plus iPhone plus chat client plus Facebook client plus newspaper plus kindle is a big plus.

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Hussain said…
I ordered mine about ten days ago... should be coming this week... can't wait...

do u have a good cover suggestion?
MK said…
I bought a griffin leather cover from best buy for the same price as the non leather iPad two covers, from apple - about thirty dollars. It completely covers the pad yet is thin enough to let me have the mobility that I need in terms of putting it in my coat pocket. Also folds to make a slanted rest. The covers that apple is offering for iPad two are really sleek and good but the leather ones are double the price and plus they actually do not cover the iPad from the back instead hinge on from side. So if you do not mind pressing the home button every time to wake up your iPad you should go for the non apple cover
An ipad looks so handy. But I have a laptop, ereader, ipod and cell phone so it doesn't sense for me to get one.

Happy blogoversary :)

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