Apr 28

In his MacLitigator blog, lawyer-blogger Peter Summerill gives an excellent account of how he used his iPad in a jury trial.  I was wondering when we would first hear of this “hard-core” use of an iPad in legal profession.  After reading his blog post, I want to go download Keynote for iPad and PDFtoKeynote.  They seemed to serve him well in front of the jury.

Peter is not the only one.  Disability lawyer Steven Butler (@DisabilityGuy on Twitter) also uses his iPad extensively on the job – at Social Security hearings.  I talked with Steven recently and I’ll be posting about our conversation soon.

Do you know of other lawyers or legal professionals who use iPads?  We’d love to hear about them — and maybe have a chat.

Apr 15

On a recent visit to my favorite local coffee shop, I pulled out my netbook (this was before I got my iPad) to do a little surfing.  The server told me that they had instituted a new policy: No Computers.  The strange thing is that this place had previously embraced the ‘net crowd (or at least I thought it did because they offered free WiFi).

They Giveth and they Taketh Away

How strange: free WiFi, but no computers allowed.  I understand why they implemented this new policy: they didn’t want me buying a $2 latte and occupying a seat for 4 hours.  Not good for business. If this catches on (as it may be), it may become an issue for virtual law office lawyers and mobile lawyers, like Niki Black, who — based on her tweets — often gets work done at coffee shops.  (Niki also writes about iPadding lawyers at Legal iPad).

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Apr 14

The latest version of Evernote for iPad/iPhone (v3.3.2) is now available which fixes all know syncing and crashing issues including the “the bug with no name”. If  you’re still having sync issues after the update see the quick update Evernote added at the bottom of this blog post. It’s was also mentioned in the comments that you may need to reset your device once if you’re still experiencing crashes.

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Apr 13

A universal version of  the Google Mobile App (v0.5.0.3644) was made available overnight by Apple. This update adds support for the iPad as well as the inclusion of a new My Location bar.

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Apr 03

iPad. Check.

By Michael Aginsky News 1 Comment »

Even without a reservation it proved pretty simple to get an iPad on launch day at the Apple Store in Short Hills. No lines, no waiting, in and out in 10 minutes.

There was some unnecessary pressure from the staff to activate the device in the store “to make sure it worked properly”. With wife and baby in tow I decided to roll the dice and activate at home.

I haven’t heard of anyone having activation issues, have you?

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