In a recent interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, former President George W. Bush declared himself to be a former BlackBerry person, but now he’s an “iPad person.” You can see the entire video interview on Mashable.
Skip to 6:00 in the video to get right to the iPad person comment. Bush also wants you to buy his new book, Decision Points
ZAGG, an iPad accessory maker that has been discussed on this site in the past, is having a 50% Cyber Monday sale. The discount is good on just about everything on their site (ZAGGmate and ZAGG gift cards are excluded, ZAGGsparq is 40% off). The Cyber Monday 50% off sale is good on ZAGG.com only and additional discount codes will not be accepted during the sale.
Here are some of the more popular ZAGG accessories for the iPad (& iPhone too):
Click on the banner below or here to be taken to the ZAGG sale page.
Happy Shopping!
UPDATE: ZAGG has announced that this sale has been extended for an additional day.
iOS 4.2 Upgrade
Apple released iOS 4.2 for the iPad today. This update brings some long-awaited functionality — previously only available on iPod Touch and iPhone — to the iPad. Among the operating system upgrades are:
These are excellent enhancements, as any iPhone user will tell you. But perhaps most important for law firms (and other businesses) is “Enhanced enterprise support,” with which Apple claims “Businesses can take advantage of stronger security features, new device management capabilities, and improved enterprise integration.” Get ready to see more iPads in law firms after this update.
The update process.
If you’re planning the upgrade (as I just did), then settle in for a lengthy process. iTunes will first back up your iPad, Continue reading »
Is this the Supreme Endorsement of the iPad? As reported by David Lat on Above The Law, in a recent article about his coverage of the annual dinner at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention, in Washington, D.C., Lat wrote about Justice Antonin Scalia’s use of his Apple iPad:
When he has to take materials home for work, he uses a thumb drive, or accesses the Court computer system remotely. And perhaps most excitingly, as I previously reported on Twitter, Scalia has an iPad! He uses it for working at home; staff members load the parties’ briefs on to it.
This is not surprising, really. Think about it. Would you rather lug home several inches worth of printed briefs or carry all of them (and a lot more) in the sleek, compact iPad? I wonder if Justice Scalia also has apps like PocketJustice (for information about the Supreme Court, Justices, and even some opinions), U.S. Code, LawStack (which provides text of the Constitution and several rules of procedure and evidence), and Fastcase (the legal research tool). See the Legal Apps tab (above) for details.
Do you know of other notable judges or lawyers who use an iPad? Maybe you are one of them. Let us know. We’d love to hear from you.
A hat tip to @KGWalshNJ for bringing this to my attention.
This post is cross-published at LawyerKM.
There was no doubt in my mind that there would be many, many iPads floating around the Aria Hotel and Casino at the 2010 ILTA Conference. We saw the writing on the wall in the days and weeks before the conference when it seemed like almost every vendor offered a chance to win one of the magical devices if you stopped by their booth in the exhibit hall.
What I did not expect to see was the huge number of pre-prize iPads in the clutches of what seemed like every fourth or fifth conference-goer. I’m sure my estimates are a little off, but suffice to say that iPads were everywhere. Continue reading »
World Software Corporation, the developers of Worldox DMS have announced their upcoming iPad app. According to the press release; Continue reading »
According a TheLayer.com article, Eversheds eschews BlackBerry in favour of iPad, the UK firm “has launched a two-month pilot with around 50 members of its senior staff called Eversheds Anywhere, in which they will test out” the iPad.
iPadLawyer has also posted some additional information about this development. Read it here: More on Eversheds and the iPad
Hat tip to Monica Bay for posting this story on Facebook. Monica is also on the web here: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com http://www.eddupdate.com http://www.thecommonscold.com
Mashable.com has a nice review of 10 really cool iPad stands. Check it out here.
And here are a bunch of additional iPad stands on Amazon.com
Dropbox version 1.2 has been released as a universal binary. In addition to support for the iPad, version 1.2 also includes fixes for viewing in landscape orientation on the iPhone & iPod Touch.
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).
