I recently had a week to test drive a Google Android tablet. After wondering aloud if lawyers can use tablets to replace laptops and following that up with an analysis of your opinions, I began exploring the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wi-Fi version, comparing notes with ALM’s editorial director for technology, David Snow, who also had it for a week. We all know that lawyers love the Apple iPad, but could Android cut it just as well?
Our initial enthusiasm is now tempered. We had high expectations for the device’s ability to be as useful as our laptop computers, but in retrospect, we were overzeaolous. Lawyers’ gadget delight aside, we found that tablets in general — not just the Galaxy — are good at helping people read and view content such as documents, multimedia, and web sites (depending on screen size and navigational nuances), but that touchscreens and speech inputs are ineffective ways to make your own content.
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