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By James Bowden
To iPhone or not to iPhone. That’s a heck of a question. With Verizon announcing that they will now carry the iPhone, I no longer have a leg to stand on in resisting upgrading my smartphone. I love my BlackBerry, don’t get me wrong – it’s been durable and fairly user-friendly, and I really like the keyboard. But it really is kind of the also-ran in the world of smartphones as far as functionality is concerned (not to mention that the Research in Motion guy tried to buy our hockey team out from under us).
I thought about getting the Google-Powered Android. In a family where the iPhone is the accomplished, cool, and successful oldest child, the Android is definitely the quirky, hipster younger sibling; likely higher-functioning and superior, but only the truly patient and dedicated will ever know for sure. Also, it just doesn’t feel lawyerly – perhaps if Westlaw had a smartphone operating platform, that would be the ticket. It’s not like lawyers use Google in everyday practice, right?
So yes, please, I would like a phone that can tell me what restaurant I should choose. I’d like to know that there is an app for that without burrowing through folders, etc., and I’m sick to death of reading the New York Times in the “mobile” format. But will an iPhone give me any advantage as far as lawyering?
Some folks here at Waller are clearly on the verge of controlling DOD satellites with their iPads. So I am way behind, and probably should be doing a much better job of integrating technology into my practice. I’d like to think that an iPhone would give me some small edge, perhaps just in my ability to review documents attached as pdf files and do online research remotely. This is usually how I justify tech expenditures – they may improve my efficacy, resulting in better and faster work and more time for fun. But probably not. I’ll probably just get an iPhone for the cool factor.
I would like to open up the comments for “Must-Have iPhone Apps for Lawyers.” Please help this hopeless troglodyte app-up his new gear.
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