Lawyers move toward iPhones, give up BlackBerrys

09.03.2009

"I was really anticipating the switch from two devices to one, but I just bought a Kindle 2, so at this point my purse is going to be full of electronics no matter what and I might as well maximize the feature set," she told The Standard.

With more attorneys expressing interest in iPhones, law firms have also started embracing the device, according to . At Chapman and Cutler, about 160 attorneys - more than half the firm -- now use iPhones instead of BlackBerrys and Treos. Another firm, Sonneschein Nath and Rosenthal, has several hundred lawyers using iPhones.