Ross Kodners Answers About Tablets

Ross Kodner, contributor to the Ross Ipsa Loquitur blog, has published this post addressing some questions and issues about tablets.

While most (if not all) of the post is geared towards iPads (thus the reason for this blog), it's well written and addresses many concerns and benefits to owning a tablet.

I think one of my favorite paragraphs is this one:

The business case for tablets is one of the most obvious economic no-brainers in law practice history. Whether getting billable work done or actually entering ones time, covering the $200-$800 cost of a tablet doesnt take much time. For a lawyer with a net realized hourly rate of $250/hour, adding just a couple billable hours pays for the cost of most tablets (or buys a couple of Kindle Fires when theyre available). Given that the ability to work on planes, trains, buses, subways, etc. is made much more realistic with the instant-on/instant-off accessibility of a tablet, a device could literally be fully paid for in a week ONE week. After that, its like a counterfeiting machine, almost literally cranking out money for your practice.

That's been my exact point for awhile. In fact, everyone I "sell" a tablet to is impressed by their capabilities.

However, despite my prodding and sales pitch, many attorneys are reluctant to purchase one and integrate them into their practice. I can't help to think that price has some effect, but is there more? Do costs and techno-integration-nightmares outweigh the benefits? 

What do you think?