Category Archives: Mobile Devices

Practicing Law and Using Rocket Matter on an iPad

By Larry Port on April 6, 2010

One of the great things about cloud computing is that it works on pretty much any device. Apple’s new iPad is no different.
Without any installs or upgrades, Rocket Matter customers are able to access their clients, matters, billing, calendar, and to-do list from their iPhone, Droid, office desktop, and now, their iPad.
In [...]

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Blogging on an iPhone

By Larry Port on February 7, 2010

I’m writing this post on an iPhone using an app called BlogWriter. It interfaces with most blog platforms, including WordPress.
Typing on an iPhone is a frustrating endeavor at best, so why would anyone want an app like this? The beauty, as I see it at least, is the ability to capture ideas while you’re on [...]

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FutureLawyer becomes a Rocket Matter Customer! And on an Android!

By Larry Port on February 3, 2010

If I were Keanu Reaves, I would be saying “Whoa” right now.
What a better way to celebrate our two-year birthday than to welcome a great legal tech blogger into our community.
Rick Georges, who two years ago took the anti-cloud position in the Mac vs PC ABA Journal article, is now on board the Rocket.  It [...]

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iPad Envy? Save Money with Gadget Spa Day

By Larry Port on January 27, 2010

Today marks the much awaited announcement of the Apple iPad. Considering that people’s mouths were watering over the non-event of the iPhone 3G S launch last year, the arrival of the tablet is garnering, as many have observed, the type of interest reserved only for other tablets delivered to the masses several millenia ago [...]

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A Twitter-only Mobile Device: Silly, But It Sends a Message.

By Larry Port on November 3, 2009

Peek makes devices that focus on doing one thing and doing it well.  Their flagship products are mobile email device readers, and that’s all they do: email + text.  In other words, no browser, no apps, nothing fancy.  The interesting thing: people love ‘em.
So when Peek announced a Twitter-only device, reviewers and consumers reacted in [...]

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Lawyers using Smartphones and Web Legal Software

By Larry Port on July 16, 2008

Jordan 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 having an impact already on the practice of law, beyond just emails on Blackberrys. Here’s a snippet from Jordan’s post:
…With the smartphones of the [...]

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