by Tom Kaneshige

iPhones and iPods on the Job: Creative Uses

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Aug 13, 20092 mins
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From artists to U.S. soldiers, more professionals than ever are using the iPhone and iPod Touch to get important jobs done. Here's a look at five ways the iPhone gets down to business on campus, on the battlefield, and beyond.

People use the iPhone for the darndest things, especially on the job. We’re not talking about contacts and maps on the fly. Think college cafeteria meal card,or atristry done on a streetcorner that ends up on a leading magazine’s cover. Here’s a look at five innovative ways the iPhone and iPod Touch have changed work in 2009.

Is There a Doctor Online?

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At the unveiling of the iPhone 3GS earlier this year at Apple’s WWDC, AirStrip showed off a mobile medical alert app whereby doctors could look at a patient’s EKG in real-time over the iPhone. There’s no question medical app developers see a watershed moment with the iPhone. Let’s just hope the doctor’s iPhone battery isn’t dead when he gets the critical alert.