Comments on: Apple iPad – a disappointment for legal

By: Temple Colli

Temple Colli — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:06:54 +0000

The affect this product will have on the electronic world is big. It will give us a slightly bigger excuse to waste time messing around on the net. I would be influenced to buy the iPad if it cleaned up my room and did my washing!

By: Toronto Law

Toronto Law — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:35:22 +0000

A fantastic Attorney should dedicate their company in providing professional legal services to individuals and businesses coming from all sizes as well in a wide array of areas. Ensuring the firm covers a broad range of cases involving all levels of complexity is vital to legal success.

By: Bram Braakman

Bram Braakman — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:33:21 +0000

Hi Jason, I do not agree with your skepticism about the iPad but understand your points. Usage within law firms might take a few years to get started (seriously). For smaller (especially single-person) practices the iPad will be embraced a useful tool for anyone who likes digital tools (most lawyers actually do not).

Here are more of my thoughts on it:
http://www.legalitblog.com/comments/apple_ipad_will_be_coming_to_a_law_firm_near_you_soon_enough/

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:27:43 +0000

I agree with you that there is not room between a “netbook” and a smartphone for a major product category.

I believe that iPad is a defensive move by Apple. It sees lightweight notebook computers with “CULV” processors cutting into the market for netbooks and then eliminating the need for separate tablet computers, like the iPad.

This will be driven by performance/price/power improvements in processors and price improvements in solid state disks.

What will happen when the equivalent of today’s top end MacBook Air (with solid state disk) is priced where a low end notebook computer or high end netbook is today?

By: Dataprivacyguru

Dataprivacyguru — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:20:46 +0000

What about the security/privacy issues?

How is it set up to do encryption?

Are the communication sessions protected?

What about losing your ipad with client data on it?

By: Derek Giles

Derek Giles — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:21:57 +0000

I think Multitasking is not as much of an issue. All the application vendors need to realise this is a device we need to work with. We will write a special approval application for the iPad for our OpenPurchase application. It will need to open and close so quickly that you will not need to multi-task as you can only do one thing at a time! Ah sorry does that apply to attorneys?

By: Cosma

Cosma — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:27:50 +0000

Right with you on this one. Nice toy, but what’s it for?

I am stunned by some of the reviews that I am reading that sing the praises. Sure it looks cool. Sure it may be a nice book reader. But other than carrying a library with you….

By: Kipper

Kipper — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:48:15 +0000

Hmmm, I’m not so sure. The lack of multitasking can be a pain, but it does lead to a much more stable environment. If a lawyer can check his email, review a document from the DMS or show a presentation on the move, with a tablet thats very likely to be working, then use an app to fire up a virtual machine with all the facilities of the office desktop, then they can really work well on the move, and more effectively guarantee a minimum level of functionality, while allowing the exact same environment as an office desktop if necessary. It could be perfect for laywers on the move, though you’d have to be creative in your approach.

By: Peninsulawyer

Peninsulawyer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:11 +0000

Jason – totally agree on the lack of multi-tasking.

It doesn’t really bother me on the iPhone, but on a device like this I would want to be able to cut and paste from/to emails into Word, keep an eye on Twitter etc. without having to keep hitting the home button.

I don’t know about handwriting recognition and a stylus – personally I probably prefer typing on a decent keyboard. What I think would make this the killer device for lawyers is a better way to review, markup and edit documents. Maybe this could use multi-touch for selecting, moving and highlighting text and flicking quickly and easily between pages, but with notes and annotations via a keyboard (or stylus if you prefer!).

Interested to see what they look like in the flesh, but at the moment for mobile working I agree with you that I would spend my money on a netbook.

By: Victor Medina

Victor Medina — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:11:01 +0000

I’ve also posted in favor of using the iPad in a legal context.

http://www.maclovinjd.com/