This is a follow up to the post I did a couple weeks ago about the Microsoft Word compatible word processing apps for the iPad. In that post, we compared how the different iPad apps handled some basic Word formatting that a lawyer would use in notes, correspondence, memoranda and the like. In this post, [...]
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Word Processors on iPad for Lawyers: MS Word Compatibility Shootout
Reports in June put the number of iPad specific applications in the App Store north of 10,000. No small number of them feature ways of capturing and manipulating text. But for many lawyers, Microsoft Word compatibility is the gold standard, as it is nearly ubiquitous in law firms. While my personal iPad workflow relies primarily [...]
Soundpaper: Notes + Audio on the iPad
There is no shortage of note taking apps for the iPad. Soundpaper (iTunes link) by David Estes distinguishes itself in this crowded space by pairing audio recording capabilities with its basic type entry notetaker in a unique way. The interface for Sounds pretty standard: a file list in the left pane and the note pad in [...]
PDF Annotation on the iPad for Lawyers: iAnnotate
One app many lawyers have been looking is a good PDF annotation tool. I was surprised to find that there was really only one dedicated annotation tool in the App Store: iAnnotate by Aji (iTunes link). I’ve been trying out iAnnotate for a few days now. As expected, the iPad is a natural device for [...]
Office 2: iPad Word Processing Alternative for Lawyers
Over the weekend I had a chance to try out one of the first non-Apple word processors optimized for the iPad: Office² HD developed by Byte (iTunes link). This entire post was written using the app’s word processor (images were added and HTML cleaned up on the desktop). As Byte describes the product: Office² HD [...]
ABA Magazine for iPad
[See Update below] I missed this when initially announced, but the ABA has developed an iPad app for it’s magazine, ABA Journal. The app appears to combine the ABAs magazine content and web/breaking news content into one app: The app features breaking legal news updated continuously every business day, all of the monthly magazine’s in-depth [...]
This Time for Real: The iPad as a Legal Pad for Attorneys
If you have been wanting to use your iPad as a legal pad, go and install Penultimate right now (here’s an iTunes link to get you on your way). In a nutshell, this app turns the iPad into a very functional notetaking app. No fancy OCR or conversion of handwriting to text here. Just straight [...]
Legal Apps for the iPad: Initial Reactions
A few days before the iPad launch I profiled the apps and web services I was most interested in trying out once the iPad was launched. I’ve had a week now to work with these apps. Some passed with flying colors and some need to back to the drawing board for better implementation on the [...]
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