I'm not saying you should buy a smartphone, but the Indiana Paralegal Association rightly points out the value of quick email replies: "I am willing to go out on a limb with this one, but I have come to the conclusion that smartphones are quickly becoming a requirement for paralegals. Whether we like it or not, we live in a world of invisible fences and constant communication (as one of my...
Yay! It's way past time to get a new Blackberry, isn't it? "Research in Motion (RIM) today announced a new Blackberry smartphone. The new 8800 merges the form factor of the traditional Blackberry with the piano-black design of the 8100. The new phone comes with integrated GPS and a n illuminated 'Pearl' trackball. "Other than the original 8100 Pearl, the 8800 tries to appeal to...
Well, people do seem addicted to these devices (cell phones too). What do you think? "I have a new policy with my friends. I will not meet them in a restaurant or bar - holiday cheer notwithstanding - unless they promise to switch off their cellphones and BlackBerrys. "It's embarrassing to impose such sanctions. It seems discourteous. Yet I feel like I have to speak up. The idea of a...
Lots of fab tech gifts -- games, music, phones, mobile stuff, sure, but I really liked the infrared trash can! "CrunchGear’s editors searched far and wide for the best gadgets of 2006. We’ve included devices from our own pages and some things we picked up over the year that made us smile. Read on for everything we loved this year. "This is hilarious, but I’m nominating the Nine...
Helpful NY Times techie, David Pogue, offers up a batch of useful cell phone services: "With every passing month, cellphones are becoming even more useful. Sure, it’s nice that they let you call people from the road. But lately, their reach has grown, thanks to clever programmers making links between the cellular world and the Internet. "Here, for your gratitude-generating pleasure,...
Yeah, this AlterNet post is only tangentially related to the legal field. But don't most lawyers & paralegals use cell phones? "Just a short reminder that we're all hopeless monkeys trapped inside one giant National Geographic special, via TechDirt : "Well, it appears some things don't change much. Almost exactly six years ago, we wrote about a study that said that men tend to use...