Presented during PLAS Convention 2011

1. iOS (Apple) vs.
Android (Google):
Tablets for MDs
Cesar A. Perez, Jr. MD DPBO
Clinical Associate Professor, UP College of Medicine

2. Disclaimer
• I have no financial interest for the products
mentioned in this lecture

4. Tablet Computers
• Expensive
• Slow operating
system
• Unsuccessful
marketing
• Revived last year

6. iPad
• Released last April 2010
• Holds 80% of tablet computer market
• Almost 15 million units sold as of Jan. 2010

7. iPad

8. iPad
• internet connectivity
• email
• store pictures
• play music files
• watch videos
• ebook reader
• run applications (apps)

9. iPad
• designed, developed and marketed by Apple
• consumption of audio-visual files
• multi-touch capability
• run by iOS 4

10. iOS
• Derived from MacOS X
• Apple’s mobile operating system
‣ iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Apple TV
• Used to be known as iPhoneOS
• Presently on its Version 4

11. iOS 4
• “Closed” platform
• Controlled by Apple
• Synchronization with iTunes
• iTunes App Store

12. iTunes App Store

13. iTunes App Store

14. iTunes App Store

15. iTunes App Store

16. Best iOS Medical Apps

17. Best iOS Medical Apps

18. Best iOS Medical Apps

19. Best iOS Medical Apps

20. Best iOS Medical Apps

21. Best iOS Medical Apps

22. Best iOS Medical Apps

23. Best iOS Medical Apps

25. Android OS
• mobile operating system owned by Android
Inc
• acquired by Google last 2005
• Google published the entire source code
last October 2008
• Open Handset Alliance

26. Open Handset Alliance
• consortium of companies aiming to develop open
standard for mobile devices
• Google, HTC, Intel, LG, Motorola, Nvidia,
Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Asustek
Computer Inc, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp., Sprint
Nextel, T-Mobile, Garmin Ltd, Softbank, Texas
Instruments, Broadcom Corporation, PacketVideo,
ARM Holdings, Marvell Technology Group, Atheros
Communications and Vodafone Group Plc

27. Android OS
• Large community of developers writing
application programs (“apps”)
• More than 200,000 apps available in
Android Market

28. Android OS
• Version Updates
• cupcake (1.5)
• donut (1.6)
• eclair (2.0/2.1)
• froyo (2.2)
• gingerbread (2.3)
• honeycomb (3.0)

29. Honeycomb (3.0)
• Optimized for tablet computers
• February 2011 release
• Motorola Xoom

34. Best Android Medical Apps

35. Best Android Medical Apps

36. Best Android Medical Apps

37. Best Android Medical Apps

38. Best Android Medical Apps

39. Best Android Medical Apps

45. Summary

46. Summary
• Tablets are here to stay

47. Summary
• Tablets are here to stay
• iOS (Apple) is dominant player

48. Summary
• Tablets are here to stay
• iOS (Apple) is dominant player
• Android OS is gaining fast

49. Summary
• Tablets are here to stay
• iOS (Apple) is dominant player
• Android OS is gaining fast
• Others are beginning to catch up

50. Summary
• Tablets are here to stay
• iOS (Apple) is dominant player
• Android OS is gaining fast
• Others are beginning to catch up

51. Summary
• Tablets are here to stay
• iOS (Apple) is dominant player
• Android OS is gaining fast
• Others are beginning to catch up
• These gadgets are still just tools to improve
all our goals: best patient care!

53. Thank you for listening
:)