News and information is all available, much of it for free. Information services such as West and Lexis offer limited access to information through these devices. The possibilities are endless. This form of messaging has several advantages. First, you can send and receive messages unobtrusively.
Cellular phones are useful, but they can be annoying and obnoxious to others nearby.
With wireless messaging, you can get a message, then be alerted by vibration rather than tone. That same lawyer also pioneered a fantastic use for these devices. After getting a few RIM units for the other lawyers in his Rockford, Illinois, office, he also got a few units for his clients. This was so successful that one client, a real estate firm, added several more units, and now they communicate constantly over the BellSouth wireless messaging service. This has provided a great way to interact and to bond the client to the lawyer.