Even in an uncertain world, we could always count on three things: death, taxes and the knowledge that nothing was ever going to pry a BlackBerry out of a lawyer’s hand. Well, make that two things now. While the BlackBerry is by no means an endangered species, there is a new contender, and a growing number of lawyers (and their firms) are embracing it. The upstart’s name — yes, we know; big surprise — is iPhone.
Few products have been as talked about, written about or, frankly, well-marketed as Apple’s iPhone. And as anyone who has ever tried one can attest, it’s certainly a slick device: part phone, part iPod, part mobile Web browser, all wrapped up with a groundbreaking interface that lets users pinch or flick their fingers to zoom in and out of documents, e-mails and Web pages. But how does it fare in a law firm environment? The first-generation iPhone was decidedly a consumer product, with gaping security holes and poor support for corporate e-mail — two deal-breakers when it came to business use. But with the release of its 2.0 software — along with the new iPhone 3G, capable of running over a faster cellular network — the device’s corporate chops were vastly improved. With more attorneys clamoring for iPhones, some firms began taking a serious look at the platform. And a few have embraced it.
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