Tablet PCs - very useful tool for lawyers

I've had a chance to play with a Tablet PC for several months now, and I'm quite impressed.  To me, the Tablet shines in at least two arenas: (1) courtrooms, and (2) meetings.  In these settings a laptop is often acceptable (though sometimes not) but is awkward.  When you use a Tablet people tend not to notice that you have a computer in your hands, and that creates a much better social dynamic.  There are no doubt many reasons for this, but the reasons don't matter.  If you ever have the chance to test out what I'm saying you'll understand immediately.

The trick with Tablets is to learn to use the pen stylus to do your input.  Yes, I know that many of you can input faster with a keyboard (so can I).  But when you're in court, or in a meeting, you usually aren't inputting a lot of information, usually just taking notes or looking for information.  A stylus is perfectly acceptable for taking notes (remember how to use a pen and notepad?), or for pulling up information on your Tablet.

I could say a lot about the Tablet, and I plan to, but for now I'll say that if you want to learn more then visit the Tablet Lawyer blog, which is run by James Province.  He is a lawyer in Washington and knows how to use Tablet PCs in the practice of law, and his site is devoted to helping other lawyers learn how to use Tablets.

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[Bryan]

While James PRovince may know quite a bit about tablet PC's, the Tablet Lawyer Blog contains a death of information. It is updated twice monthly and contains very little original content. Most of his postings are links to oher sites and relations of his own experiences speaking at events. Most notably, he apologizes for being out of touch, and then makes a total of four postings in the following seven weeks.