Gerry,

I wanted to get the thoughts from people that use these mobile monitoring applications. Since many people are carrying around cell phones these days, like the iPhone, it makes it easier to always have the monitoring device with you. However, since these devices are not meters, then you need a separate meter device to get the data. Is this such a hassle that it defeats the benefit of mobile monitoring???

I'm looking for some real-world experiences, and thus my post.

- Tony

I personally do not find any value in these applications. None of these double as a glucose meter, so you have to enter your information into the application. With everything people with diabetes already have to remember, having another thing to do is not helpful.Plus, glucose meters already have this data stored, and most will download if you want to see it in a graph format or look for trending. These apps might eliminate the need for traditional pen and paper logbooks, but they are not helpful to me. If the iPhone also worked as a glucose meter/CGM/pump device, I'd be interested in that - it would cut the number of devices I have to carry.

I agree that the data needs to be made available across platforms (cloud). Are you seeing that in the pump/meter area? We've got an iPhone app that shares the data between the mobile device and a companion website. That is a start in my view, but as was mentioned earlier, the numbers have to be re-entered, and we are carrying around multiple devices, which are hassles in terms of usability.