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Law Tech: Blackberry v. T-Mobile Sidekick

By Peopleslawyer

Most lawyers use the Blackberry, but I'm sold on a recent addition, the Sidekick 3.

From various reviews:

In my experience with a BB ... it has an awkward interface that mocks rules of good design. Clicking on a link on a Web page should take you to a new page, but here it invokes a menu many items long. Opening a memo requires choosing between reading it and editing it; when you close a document, the default action is to discard your edits.

T-Mobile's Sidekick 3 does not have that problem. It has an LCD screen that slides open to reveal a QWERTY keyboard that falls right under your thumbs, with the important controls (on either side.

The Sidekick Web browser and e-mail program are far more approachable than the BlackBerry's. Mine also has instant-messaging software for AOL's, Microsoft's and Yahoo's networks. We use IM at home and to a certain extent at work.

The Sidekick it has a higher-resolution camera, Bluetooth wireless, and MP3-only music playback.

I'm sold on it more than anything else because the size of the keyboard and the screen size help this greying litigator see each without squinting.

Full post as published by A Georgia Lawyer on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).