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September 01, 2006
Sexy or useful
As I've talked to people and looked around on the web at examples of mobile health devices and applications for boomers, I've come to realize that a vast majority of the focus is on chronic disease maintenance with the mobile phones playing a key role. The problem I see with this is that while mobile phones are becoming ubiquitous and extremely reliable, the majority of the effort of manufacturers and wireless carriers is on phone sexiness and entertainment.
My wife and I recently upgraded our phones and made some interesting decisions. I opted for a Cingular 8125 because I wanted something that would help organize my life, have a full keyboard and allow me to take fairly good pictures for me personal mobile blog. My wife decided to get a pink RAZR because it was thin and sexy. I see a disconnect between what people want in mobile phones and what is being sold and what would ultimately help transform the mobile phone into something to base health applications and services. MarkCarp@stanford.edu
Mark Carpenter
Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
Posted by Mark at September 1, 2006 11:26 AM