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| Heresy!!! Lawyer Questions the Value of an iPad in Legal Practice |
| Over at his Spam Notes blog, Venkat Balasubramani has a question for all of you over-enthusiastic "iPad Lawyers" out there: What are you smoking? In a lengthy, wet-blanket post guaranteed to draw the ire of any lawyers who camped out in the rain to get the iPad and iPad2, Balasubramani writes that his own efforts at being an iPad Lawyer have led him to the "jarring realization" that the iPad simply cannot function as a workhorse for business purposes. Why? Let him count the ways: 1. Too clunky: Balasubramani tried to crank out a simple blog post on the iPad and found it to be "easily one of the clunkiest experiences of my entire life." He says that producing any sort of written material on the iPad is a chore because one must hen-peck through the iPad's keyboard. 2. Reviewing redline documents: Redlines? What redlines? The redlines did not show up on Balasubramani's document -- maybe there's an "app for that," he speculates. 3. Easier to use a laptop: After reading various iPad Lawyers' stories of loading up numerous "apps" in order to perform basic business functions on their iPad, Balasubramani wonders ... why?? What's the benefit, he asks, of... |
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