Can Apple’s much-hyped iPhone impact on BlackBerry’s position as the legal profession’s gadget of choice? Alan Cohen assesses if Apple’s consumer hit can make a breakthrough in the business market

Even in an uncertain world, we could always count on three things: death, taxes and the knowledge that nothing would ever pry a BlackBerry out of a lawyer’s hand. Well, make that two things now. While the BlackBerry remains the gadget of choice for the profession, there is a new contender. The upstart’s name – yes, we know, big surprise – is iPhone.