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September 04, 2006
Mobile Menstrual
He's an interesting mobile application I ran across while searching the web. While this may not be aimed at an older audience, it's at least aimed at a mature audience. I first ran across it as a add on to a new pink clam shell phone designed for women. I looked a around a little more and found that it is available as freeware on the Internet.
Keywords: health, technology, menstrual, mobile, phone
DescriptionThe Mobile Menstrual software is a free download and comes pre-instralled on the CKT 6689 mobile phone. This mobile application helps keep track of your menstrual cycle and is often called an ovulation calendar. The software runs on any mobile phone and will give you stats on past cycles, show multiple cycle statistics and will predict future cycles on past data. The application will show fertility information on it's calendar that can be used to help conception or to avoid it.
http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2006/07/ckt_6689_mobile.html
Persuasive Intent: To persuade women when and when not to engage in sexual activity base on the desire to conceive or to avoid conception.
Target audience: Mature women
Price: Freeware
Boomer Mobile Health Project
This entry is part of a study on how mobile devices and health applications will effect compliance, attitude and behavior change among older adults. The perspective of the Boomer Mobile Health project is that the considerable development of mobile health devices, applications and services will influence changes in the behaviors of older adults in the area of physical and mental fitness, disease management and education. If you know of good examples of mobile products designed for boomers, please e-mail me at MarkCarp@stanford.edu
Mark Carpenter
Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
Posted by Mark at September 4, 2006 05:25 PM