CASE STUDY 2

Put forward a theory about how that person might use a hand held computer in their work.

A newspaper reporter

Under the direction of an editor, NEWSPAPER REPORTERS are capable of gathering and analysing facts about current events through interviews, investigations, or observations and write stories describing the events, background, meaning, and effects. A job of a newspaper reporter has a significant role in the society because in their work they are the one who makes the people become more aware of what’s happening to society. They are assigned breaking news developments such as disasters, crime, and human interest. They take notes or use a tape recorder while covering a story. They check reference materials such as books, news files, and public records including criminal and civil court files for additional relevant facts. Basic tasks of reporters involve viewing events objectively, reporting, them accurately, and explaining their significance. Reporters may be on a general assignment, special assignment, or have a regular “beat”. Beat Reporters are responsible for news originating from local sources such as municipal offices, hospitals, and police departments. Feature Reporters are assigned to cover news in special fields such as medicine, foreign affairs, consumer affairs, fashion, art, education, labour, or social events. Reporters who are expert in certain fields may specialize in one type of story including stories involving sports, politics, or financial affairs. Reporters may also form their own concept for a future story and news paper pictures. They may carry their own camera and obtain photographic coverage or they may request a photographer. Reporters often work unscheduled overtime, and must have a high energy level to keep up with the fast pace of this occupation. They must also be prepared to work under stressful situations such as earthquakes, fires, floods, shoot-outs, and other dangerous conditions. Reporters work both indoors and outdoors, dealing with all kinds of people. They may work for long periods on unproductive leads. Editors have the option of revising, shortening or deleting their stories from the newspaper. A newspaper reporter usually uses Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 has updated firmware that extends its battery life by 85 percent. Sometimes an interesting product captures a lot of attention in spite of its glaring flaws. And sometimes, an updated version of that same gadget does a much better job fulfilling the original product’s promise. And so it is with the Kindle 2, a fine-tuned edition of Amazon’s much-touted portable electronic reader.

A doctor (general practitioner)

A doctor has a great distribution in our society especially they are the one who knows what are the do’s and do not’s in our life specifically in our health. Doctor’s guide has on how we live our life in a healthy and secure way. Doctors also practice the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury. This properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the science of medicine—and also a decent competence in its applied practice—the arts of craft of medicine. The doctors uses a Epocrates, iPhone version as a downloadble, installable application. This means that they no longer need internet access to use Epocrates on the iPhone. Epocrates Rx allows for instant access to drug Information, pill ID, drug Interaction and reference formulary Information – all without the need for Internet connectivity. Through this, it is easier for doctors to access information about what drug or medicines should be used in healing various illness or diseases.