Comments on: Lawyers in the smartphone era

By: Rocket Matter - The web generation of legal software - Lawyers using Smartphones and Web Legal Software

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:22:48 +0000

[...] Furlong, in his highly observant and clever blog Law21, recently posted about the smartphone era in which lawyers find themselves. Heralded by the iPhone, the era of smartphones is clearly [...]

By: Ariel Jatib

Ariel Jatib — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:13:00 +0000

Great article, Jordan. As a developer, one of the challenges for developing for the iPhone is the screen real estate. While the iPhone does provide for significantly more real estate that competitors, it is still a challenge providing a significant amount of information on the screen. For example, I have downloaded PDFs, but trying to read them is far from a comfortable exercise. The true value in this revolutionary phone is that it is the first device that truly extends my “desktop” experience to the mobile realm. For now, I can’t see anything replacing my laptop; at the same time, I love my external display because of the extra “space” it provides. My iPhone allows me to wander from this familiar domain without feeling as limited as I do with other devices; it extends my ability to communicate and work efficiently. The challenge for designers will be simplifying complicated interactions and information sets into smaller units that are easier to navigate. The winner will be the one who makes the experience comparable, or even better, than the desktop.

By: The mobile lawyer « Lawslot

The mobile lawyer « Lawslot — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:05:05 +0000

[...] latest Law Gazette (I will come back to that in a later post), I read Jordan Furlong’s post Lawyers in the smartphone era in Law [...]