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iPad, Laptop or Both?

By Jeffery M. Duncan
March 30, 2012

So, your husband, wife, parent, child (now your favorite) or firm's IT Manager got your hints and bought you an iPad for Christmas. You are reading e-mail, checking your calendar, surfing the Web, watching movies and listening to your favorite tunes. You have downloaded the coolest entertainment, lifestyle and news apps. Now what? Is this going to be a serious tool in your law practice? Or, is it going to be just a diversion from the daily grind? Is it going to replace your laptop? Or, is it going to be just one more gadget to carry around?

Well, it depends. It depends on how you practice and where you expect your iPad to fit into that practice.

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