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Tech

Mar. 1, 2009

Smart Phones Wise Up

Adapting technology for lawyers is a double-edged sword, and nowhere are the edges sharper than with wireless tech. One the one edge, wireless technology--particularly smart phones--has unchained lawyers from their desks (and desktops). And the days of rushing to a pay phone to call the office to check your messages seem as far removed as writing legal briefs with a quill pen. The wireless revolution has allowed attorneys to be truly mobile, letting them work from practically any location on the planet.


Adapting technology for lawyers is a double-edged sword, and nowhere are the edges sharper than with wireless tech. On the one edge, wireless technology - in particular smart phones - has unchained lawyers from their desks (and desktops). And the days of rushing to a pay phone to call the office to check your messages seem as far removed as writing legal briefs with a quill pen. The wir...

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