平板电脑7大爆炸性增长领域
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平脑电脑这种有趣的设备去年吸引了科技行业的大量关注。大多数平板电脑都很漂亮，便于携带，配有一块光鲜的触摸屏，而且价格也普遍低于一般的台式机或笔记本电脑。批评人士称，尽管平板电脑是一种创新性的设备，但在功能上却远远不如台式机或笔记本电脑。这些批评引发了一些商业和技术上的重要问题：平板电脑在大企业里的主要用途是什么？除了浏览内容和电子邮件，它们还有什么实际用途？生产、销售平板电脑能让厂商们赚多少钱？ 根据埃森哲（Accenture）公司的调查结果，我们为大家列举了平板电脑在七个领域的主要应用前景。这些调查结果主要来自我们与客户的持续互动，以及业内的相关调查与分析。这些应用领域都指向了一个共性——那就是平板电脑特别适用于那些需要以一种经济的方式，随时随地访问重要信息，以便加快沟通速度并改善客户服务的人。 医疗、医院及医学应用 医生、护士、行政人员和病人们发现，在降低成本、缩短事务处理时间、简化信息查询、削减文书工作、简化工作人员和病人的总体医疗手续方面，平板电脑尤为有用。 平板电脑对医院很有吸引力，因为它们没有键盘，便于彻底清洁、消毒。它们的移动特性还可以使医疗人员快速查阅最佳临场操作。平板电脑还可以使医护人员在病人的病房里现场读取、记录患者的血压和血糖水平，而不用依靠摆在另一个地方的台式机或者笔记本电脑。这种设备还能无线接入医院的电子病历系统，同时，医生还可以使用平板电脑查血患者的全套检验结果。 另外，放射科的医生无论走到哪里，都可以用他们的平板电脑来看片子。医生也可以即时告诉病人他们的测试结果、诊断结果或X光片显示了哪些问题。 销售人员 销售人员也发现了平板电脑的魅力，因为平板电脑提供的功能和应用比上网本更丰富，而且更小更轻，在与顾客面谈时，平板电脑也比笔记本电脑更便于携带和使用。同时，销售人员可以轻松快速地通过平板电脑连接、读取和展示重要数据，同时提供最新产品报价及订单要求。 娱乐 娱乐行业，尤其是有线电视和广播网络公司，也正在把平板电脑当成继PC和智能手机之后的另一个内容传媒媒介。有线和内容提供商们深信平板电脑将对人们收看电视的习惯产生重大影响。因为它不仅使用方便，而且屏幕尺寸看电视、电影足够了。此外用平板电脑玩游戏、看照片、录相和插图也非常引人入胜。用平板电脑看电视的潮流也验证了埃森哲最近的一项调查，该调查发现，消费者们正在迅速地改用智能手机和平板电脑等消费电子产品来浏览媒体。 |
Tablets are compelling devices that have captivated much of the tech industry over the past year. Most tablets are slick, portable, equipped with a bright touch screen, and priced lower than a typical desktop or laptop. Detractors have said that while tablets are innovative devices, they fall well short in functionality to a desktop or laptop PC. These critics are raising serious business and technology questions. What are tablets really going to be used for in large enterprises? What are their practical uses beyond viewing content and email? How much money can be made making and selling tablets? Here are seven promising applications for tablets according to our findings at Accenture based on ongoing interactions with clients, coupled with industry research and analysis. The common thread underpinning these applications is that tablets are especially relevant for people on the move who need real-time, economical access to critical information virtually anywhere, anytime to accelerate communications and improve customer service. Healthcare, Hospital, and Medical Applications Doctors, nurses, administrators and patients are finding tablets particularly useful to reduce costs, accelerate transaction times, streamline information access, reduce paperwork, and simplify the overall healthcare experience for workers and patients. Tablets are attractive for hospital use because, lacking keyboards, they are easy to wipe down and disinfect. They also provide quick mobile access to the latest information about clinical best practices. Tablets also enable doctors and nurses to read and record blood pressure and glucose levels while in a patient's room rather than at a desktop or laptop computer in another location. The devices can connect wirelessly into a hospital's electronics patient record system and a doctor can use a tablet to review a set of patient test results. Radiologists can read films from their tablets from virtually anywhere. Doctors can show patients exactly what the test or diagnosis or x-ray reveals in real-time. Sales Force Sales people are finding tablets appealing because they tend to offer more features and applications than netbooks, and are smaller, weigh less, and are less cumbersome to carry and use than laptops in face-to-face customer meetings. As such, sales people can swiftly and easily access, display, and enter essential data on their tablets and provide on-the-spot and updated product and price quotes, and order requests. Entertainment The entertainment industry, particularly cable TV and broadcast network companies, are exploring tablets as another medium for content delivery beyond PCs and smartphones, Cable and content providers are ascertaining the affect it will have on TV viewing habits. A tablet is large enough to offer easy viewing of TV shows and movies. In addition, using tablets for gaming, photography, video and illustration is appealing. Using the tablet screen to view TV tracks with recent Accenture research that found consumers are rapidly turning to consumer electronics products such as smartphones and tablets to view media. |
