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It’s Basecamp … it’s Highrise … it’s DropBox … it’s Yammer … it’s … Podio? Yes it is. And it’s on your iPhone, your iPad, your Android device, and in your office. Danish start-up Podio has elegantly married file sharing, contact management, task tracking, real-time asynchronous communication (i.e. Twitter functions) and more into a single, easy to use, free package. Did I say free? Yeah I did. Free for up to 10 users in a company. $99/year for up to 25. That makes Podio a no-brainer for solo’s and small law firms. Compare what it does and what it costs with the bill of goods you’re currently being sold by legal technology vendors who assume lawyers are too uninformed, gullible, or busy to check up on them. It’s shameful. Meanwhile, Podio integrates functions that the more tech-literate among us now use in Basecamp, Dropbox, Yammer, and other applications. But for most lawyers Podio will simply be a revelation and unbelievable resource. Hey, did I just save you thousands of dollars in useless, bloated office software? I think I did. You’re welcome. And by the way: Boom Shakalaka!

The helpful infographics in this article compare the iPad 2 against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10, HP Touchpad, and LG G-Slate. As for me, Of course I’ve already ordered my iPad 2 so … I guess you could say I’ve made a comitment. And come to think of it you can suck it iPad wanna-be’s. Actually,I had my reasons for passing on the Xoom’s promise of “4G speeds” and reduced form factor of the Tab. Actualy, I had 65,000 reasons for picking the iPad2 – coincidentally the # of available apps. That’s a hell of a lead – the kind that makes it worthwhile to stick with the leader.