Mobile Health Computing

Samsung calls their stylus the S Pen and Apple calls their stylus the Pencil. Since Tab S3 and iPad Pro tablets are so thin, they lack a built-in storage silo for these pens. Pen holder that attaches to a tablet case:Tablet case with a built-in pen holder: Attach a pen clip and use that to attach to a tablet cover:I sure do miss the days when stylus pens would simply fit into a built-in silo:

The other day, UDI announced that Google LLC, 3M Touch Systems, Inc., Lattice Semiconductor, Maxeye Smart Technologies Co., Ltd., MyScript and Tactual Labs Co. have all joined the world’s largest, open, active stylus solution, member-driven industry association. The USI specification can be implemented on a wide range of touch-enabled devices, including phones, tablets, computing and entertainment platforms. Launched in 2015, Universal Stylus Initiative (USI) is an international not-for-profit technology trade association whose mission is to define industry-wide standards for interoperable communication between an active stylus and touch-enabled devices such as phones, tablets, and computing and entertainment platforms. The USI specification provides for a stylus capable of communicating with different touch sensors and touch controller integrated circuits, so that users can employ the same stylus across numerous touch-enabled devices, as long as each device’s touch controller is compliant with the USI specification.

The X1 Tablet is a bit of a confusing name because Lenovo has a series of ThinkPad products using the "X1" brand. Similar to the Microsoft Surface Pro, the X1 Tablet is a 12" slate running Windows 10 and it attaches to an external keyboard. Unlike the Surface Pro, the X1 Tablet uses a different type of built-in kickstand that folds down instead of folding out. I like the idea of a modular design for a mobile device because it allows you to easily customize the device with the features and options that you need, when you need them.

According to the Windows lifecycle fact sheet, Windows 7 mainstream support ended in January 13, 2015 and extended support will end in January 14, 2020.Many hospitals are running Windows 7. Given that changing operating systems across an entire hospital enterprise is considerable work, I would not be surprised if many hospitals remain on Windows 7 through 2019. I've personally really enjoyed using Windows 10 and the operating system offers the right balance of functionality when I'm using my mobile PC as a laptop/desktop vs. a touch-screen tablet. Now that I've become so accustomed to Windows 10, it's hard to go back to any mobile device running Windows 8.