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First Look: Carter's Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine for iPad

by Erica Sadun Mar 29th 2010 at 2:30PM



When I first heard about Carter's Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine, I thought: "Why aren't they just publishing this on the iBooks store?" After all, what can an app offer that an actual iBook won't? This video offers some answers. Instead of just a static book, this app provides searchable interactive skeletons (cute touch!), a topic-specific search history, and of course, all of the medical detail that a hypochondriac could wish for.

The video shown here was provided by Keith Ahern, the CEO of mogeneration, an Australian development company. I'm a little surprised that so many developers are going head-to-head with the iBooks arena, but with a niche area like a medical reference, it looks like Carter's has a chance to stand its ground. This encyclopedia offers a beautiful reference work, but it may struggle with its relatively limited feature set when compared to a normal iBook offering.

Carter's Encylopedia will debut at a $9.99 price point on the iPad App Store.

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SIP

I'm buying the 64GB WiFi+3G version (with Keyboard Dock, USB Adapter and iPad Case) as soon as it arrives in the UK, but I'm already dreading its arrival.

Assuming that the conversion rate will be 1:1, iWork Apps are going to cost me £30 on the first day alone, and if I also get Carter's Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine, that's another £10. Not counting Navigon, I haven't spent £40 on all the rest of the Apps on my iPhone!

I'd better start telling the wife that I already absolutely hate the iPad.

March 29 2010 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

Is it me ( I doubt it! ) or is this app lackluster. I don't care if this "publisher" is run from the garage... or if its a billion dollar corporation... this app is unimaginative and mediocre at best.

March 29 2010 at 3:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Grant Buell

32GB and 64GB models are also available.

March 29 2010 at 3:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lancelot

When you consider all the music/movies/ebooks people are going to want to store on the extremely small 14.5 gig of useable memory, how many of these apps do you think people will have room for - not many.

March 29 2010 at 2:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Duncan

Unless, not every single iPad owner just owns a 16GB.

March 29 2010 at 3:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dagamer43

Since when does an encyclopedia use the word "probably" in it's explanations? This app looks to be more for common folk than those who are medically inclined.

Still looks pretty though.

March 29 2010 at 2:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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