Not too long ago, a new version of Apple’s mobile operating system — iOS — wouldn’t have meant much in the legal community. Lawyers had their BlackBerry devices, and law firm tech chiefs had no trouble waving off the occasional hipster attorney who asked for an iPhone. The platform wasn’t secure enough, CIOs said; it lacked enterprise-level features. Boy, have times changed. According to The American Lawyer‘s 2011 Technology Survey, 96 percent of responding Am Law 200 firms now say they have attorneys using iPhones ["Drawing the Line," November, 2011]. Many firms have iPad users, too, and Apple’s tablet (also powered by iOS) can regularly be spotted in courtrooms, at client meetings, and in litigation war rooms.
So, yes, a new version of iOS gets noticed by the bar, especially when it boasts compelling work-friendly features. The latest release, iOS 5, certainly claims a fair number of those, from new ways to synchronize documents across devices to location-based reminders. But do they really make a difference in productivity?
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