????平腦電腦這種有趣的設(shè)備去年吸引了科技行業(yè)的大量關(guān)注。大多數(shù)平板電腦都很漂亮，便于攜帶，配有一塊光鮮的觸摸屏，而且價格也普遍低于一般的臺式機或筆記本電腦。批評人士稱，盡管平板電腦是一種創(chuàng)新性的設(shè)備，但在功能上卻遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不如臺式機或筆記本電腦。這些批評引發(fā)了一些商業(yè)和技術(shù)上的重要問題：平板電腦在大企業(yè)里的主要用途是什么？除了瀏覽內(nèi)容和電子郵件，它們還有什么實際用途？生產(chǎn)、銷售平板電腦能讓廠商們賺多少錢？

????根據(jù)埃森哲（Accenture）公司的調(diào)查結(jié)果，我們?yōu)榇蠹伊信e了平板電腦在七個領(lǐng)域的主要應(yīng)用前景。這些調(diào)查結(jié)果主要來自我們與客戶的持續(xù)互動，以及業(yè)內(nèi)的相關(guān)調(diào)查與分析。這些應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域都指向了一個共性——那就是平板電腦特別適用于那些需要以一種經(jīng)濟的方式，隨時隨地訪問重要信息，以便加快溝通速度并改善客戶服務(wù)的人。????

醫(yī)療、醫(yī)院及醫(yī)學(xué)應(yīng)用

??? 醫(yī)生、護士、行政人員和病人們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在降低成本、縮短事務(wù)處理時間、簡化信息查詢、削減文書工作、簡化工作人員和病人的總體醫(yī)療手續(xù)方面，平板電腦尤為有用。

????平板電腦對醫(yī)院很有吸引力，因為它們沒有鍵盤，便于徹底清潔、消毒。它們的移動特性還可以使醫(yī)療人員快速查閱最佳臨場操作。平板電腦還可以使醫(yī)護人員在病人的病房里現(xiàn)場讀取、記錄患者的血壓和血糖水平，而不用依靠擺在另一個地方的臺式機或者筆記本電腦。這種設(shè)備還能無線接入醫(yī)院的電子病歷系統(tǒng)，同時，醫(yī)生還可以使用平板電腦查血患者的全套檢驗結(jié)果。

????另外，放射科的醫(yī)生無論走到哪里，都可以用他們的平板電腦來看片子。醫(yī)生也可以即時告訴病人他們的測試結(jié)果、診斷結(jié)果或X光片顯示了哪些問題。

銷售人員

????銷售人員也發(fā)現(xiàn)了平板電腦的魅力，因為平板電腦提供的功能和應(yīng)用比上網(wǎng)本更豐富，而且更小更輕，在與顧客面談時，平板電腦也比筆記本電腦更便于攜帶和使用。同時，銷售人員可以輕松快速地通過平板電腦連接、讀取和展示重要數(shù)據(jù)，同時提供最新產(chǎn)品報價及訂單要求。

娛樂

????娛樂行業(yè)，尤其是有線電視和廣播網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司，也正在把平板電腦當(dāng)成繼PC和智能手機之后的另一個內(nèi)容傳媒媒介。有線和內(nèi)容提供商們深信平板電腦將對人們收看電視的習(xí)慣產(chǎn)生重大影響。因為它不僅使用方便，而且屏幕尺寸看電視、電影足夠了。此外用平板電腦玩游戲、看照片、錄相和插圖也非常引人入勝。用平板電腦看電視的潮流也驗證了埃森哲最近的一項調(diào)查，該調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，消費者們正在迅速地改用智能手機和平板電腦等消費電子產(chǎn)品來瀏覽媒體。

????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.