On June 18th, CEO Steve Ballmer announced Microsoft’s newest creation: Surface.  The tablet will be released sometime in the fall.

Notable features include:

• 10.6″, 16:9 widescreen HD display
• Pressure-sensitive cover that doubles as a fully functioning keyboard and trackpad
• Front and rear-facing camera with flip-out kickstand
• MicroSD slot and full-sized USB port

While Surface aims to provide better productivity, tech experts, fans and critics will need to wait a bit longer before knowing if the iPad has met its competitor.  For more reviews on Surface, read:

• The Cost of Microsoft’s Surface Tablet (New York Times)
• Microsoft’s ‘Surface’: The Early Reviews are In (National Public Radio)
• Microsoft’s Surface tablet vs. the iPad: Seven challenges (CNET Reviews)

Created by a physician with the Concord Hospital Center for Urologic Care at Darthmouth, the Prostate Pal app helps men track their prostate health along with their healthcare providers.  iPhone and iPad only. Features include:

• Bladder Diary
• AUA Symptom Score
• PSA Tracker

Download these apps and others by visiting the MSK Library’s Patient and Family Selected Mobile Resources LibGuide.  To access this guide from the Library website, simply click on the LibGuides link under the Select Library Resources on the upper left hand side of the page.

Need some help to quit smoking?  Check out some mobile apps designed just for you!  iPhone and iPad only.

MyQuit Coach – Design a personalized plan. Set attainable goals, track your status and adjust preferences to evaluate your progress.

My QuitLine – Get advice, by phone or live chat, from a trained smoking cessation counselor at the National Cancer Institute’s Smoking Quitline.

QuitGuide – Search content written by tobacco control professionals and cessation counselors with the help of ex-smokers and experts. Share via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Download these apps and others by visiting the MSK Library’s Patient and Family Selected Mobile Resources LibGuide.  To access this guide from the Library website, simply click on the LibGuides link under the Select Library Resources on the upper left hand side of the page.