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July 30, 2008
5 iPhone apps for health - but no real innovations
You'll find five iPhone apps for health at this web page:
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008/07/5-great-health.html
Another list of health apps is here:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2008/07/iphone-on-call.html
Our lab reviewed health apps for handhelds in 2001. The story today seems the same: Most apps are either reference tools or they allow you to track your behavior (food diary, exercise log). Again, this is precisely what we found in 2001 when reviewing "state of the art" health apps for PocketPC and such. Back then and today, surprisingly few mobile apps use more interesting forms of motivation.
Where's the innovation?
--BJ Fogg
(Thanks to former lab member Rupa Patel for the initial pointer.)
Posted by BJ Fogg at July 30, 2008 08:17 AM