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Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers a new smartphone (see article below), an online meeting appliance, a Web analytics service, eDiscovery software for early case assessment, legal holds, and document review, and an iPhone/iPad app for remote control of your computer. Don't miss the next issue.

Light My Fire

Just look around the restaurant during your next power lunch. Judging by the number of diners hunched over glowing touchscreens, lawyers and other professionals have abandoned the once-ubiquitous "CrackBerry" in favor of iPhones and Android smartphones. Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, is painfully aware of this trend. While RIM still maintains the lion's share of the smartphone marketplace, analysts estimate Apple could bypass RIM as early as next year. Yesterday, RIM unveiled its master plan.

BlackBerry Torch 9800 … in One Sentence
Shipping on August 12, 2010, RIM's BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a touchscreen smartphone.

The Killer Feature
With the Torch, RIM aims to play upon the BlackBerry's core strengths (user-friendly email and physical keyboard) while integrating the touchscreen capabilities of its competitors — an approach RIM executives summed up at a recent press conference with the catchphrase "fresh but familiar."

The BlackBerry Torch is the first BlackBerry to feature both a touchscreen (fresh) and a physical slideout QWERTY keyboard (familiar). The design enables you to switch between the 3.2 inch 360x480 capacitive "multitouch" display (which supports pinching and zooming), and a vertical keyboard that slides out from underneath the touchscreen featuring BlackBerry's signature sculpted keys.

Other Notable Features
The BlackBerry Torch marks another first — the first BlackBerry that will run OS 6. This new operating system features higher resolution graphics and icons, new shortcuts, social networking and instant message integration, and universal search. But its standout feature is the WebKit-based browser, incorporating the same technology behind the Web browsers in the iPhone and Android smartphones.

The Torch's camera sports five megapixels, flash, autofocus, image stabilization, and geo-tagging. RIM is also actively courting outside app developers by opening up the Torch to apps made with simple Web technologies like JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5 as opposed to the Java-based tools required for earlier BlackBerry operating systems.

What Else Should You Know?
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 will retail for $199 exclusively (for now) from AT&T with a two-year contract. Learn more about BlackBerry Torch 9800.

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: Do you lust for an iPad? Have you failed to persuade your law firm to buy you one? Lawyer and iPad owner Jeffrey Allen has come to your rescue — maybe. In this TeachnoFeature, Jeffrey reviews iWork, Apple's office suite for the iPad, which consists of Pages for word processing, Numbers for spreadsheets, and Keynote for presentations. Every lawyer uses an office suite so if iWork measures up you may have all the ammunition you need. Keep your fingers crossed and read the article to find out whether Jeffrey considers these apps essential legal tools or not.

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Exploded Data, the Legal Web, and What We're Missing

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Sam Woodruff, Review: Windows 7 Professional

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Coming today to TechnoFeature: Apple has already sold 3 million iPads — many to lawyers no doubt. If you're among those lusting after an iPad, have you wondered whether you can justify purchasing it for law office use? That's the question we posed to lawyer and frequent TechnoFeature contributor Jeffrey Allen, an early iPad adopter. It was a tough job for Jeffrey to use the iPad for a month and report on his experience, but fortunately he rose to the challenge. Read his review to see if you can expense an iPad.

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Fred Pharis, Review: iPhone 4; How DocScanner Helped Me Settle a Case

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