Why is cell phone data becoming an important part of e-discovery?
One simple reason – with thanks to RIM (Blackberry), Apple (iPhone), and Microsoft (Windows CE devices), cell phones with PDA functionality are quickly becoming the main communications device that all business persons are using both for written (email, text messaging) and phone communications. While it is still a secondary device for web surfing (and that is changing given the increased screen resolution and QWERTY keyboards of such devices) there are many internet connected business applications in use for crucial functions such as data analysis, database input and reporting, and interfacing with servers. The email and business applications on such “cell phone” devices making the devices into the smallest form factor of a de facto laptop computer. In other words the cell phones devices have progressed to the point that they have similar business communications functionality to a laptop computer and given their small size they are, in many instances, used more often. How do you extract
