Apple in the Enterprise: Verizon iPhone Hits It Big, iPads Still Soaring. The latest quarterly data from enterprise device management vendor Good Technology finds that the Verizon iPhone is popular in the enterprise, and that iPads are still huge.
The Verizon iPhone has the highest activation rate of for any new device since Good started publishing its tracking data. Although Good expects Android devices to eventually overtake iOS devices in activations, iOS is clearly dominating at the moment. Top 10 EMR and operational iPhone medical apps. According to our latest research report, Fastest Growing and Most Successful Health and Medical Apps, there were about 250 apps that fall into the “Operational & EMR apps” subcategory of iPhone medical apps as of September 2010.
These are apps intended for use by care providers, including pager replacement apps, charge capture apps, electronic medical records apps, patient logbooks, schedulers and remote practice management apps. While many of these apps are free feature add-ons for enterprise systems, with an average price of $3.84, this group was still the fourth priciest group of health and medical apps found in Apple’s AppStore. According to Apple’s ranking of its AppStore’s Medical Category Top 1000, these are the Top 10 EMR and Operational apps highest on the list: Android Momentum Plateaus, Says New Developer Report. Momentum surrounding the Android mobile platform has reached a plateau, with developers now refocusing their efforts on building apps for Apple devices.
This somewhat surprising conclusion is just one of many new trends spotted by Appcelerator and analyst firm IDC in their jointly produced developer report based off a survey of over 2,700 active developers worldwide. According the report, developer interest in Android is waning due to concerns around fragmentation issues and the early, disappointing results from Android tablet sales. While such a shift in developer mindset could allow for increased attention for other players, namely BlackBerry, Microsoft, Nokia and HP, two-thirds of developers reported they don't think that any of those companies can reverse the momentum that Apple and Google have today. Healthcare unwired: New business models delivering care anywhere.