“Now I’ve got a jazzy smartphone that not only makes calls, sends text messages and lets me use real songs as ringtones but connects to the internet, receives emails, takes pictures and allows me to download apps aimed at making my life that little bit easier and healthier. Hasn’t the mobile phone become wonderful?
Not only has mobile internet changed the way we interact with people through social media like Twitter and Facebook, but the iPhone in particular looks set to revolutionise healthcare. Companies are developing apps to monitor blood pressure and diabetes, all through your phone. In essence, the apps allow you to collect real time data and save it to a personal online account or upload it to your doctor’s surgery.”
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Kerry Taylor Smith, Laboratory News, 18 February 2011
