Table 4.

Classification of Diabetes Management Systems According to Whether or Not They Are Wireless or Mobile

	Mobile	Not Mobile
Wireless	Mobile decision support applications (or apps). Currently, these apps are almost only found within phones or tablets. In the future, they could also be housed within glucose monitors or other standalone mobile devices or sensors containing nontelephone wireless capability.	Web-based software for data management accessed wirelessly by a laptop computer.
Not Wireless	Pattern recognition or bolus calculator software. Currently, these types of software are almost only found within glucose monitors, but in the future, they could be housed within other standalone mobile devices.	Software that is downloaded or installed onto the hard drive of a desktop or laptop computer for data management or Web-based software that is accessed by a desktop or laptop computer via a cable connection.