In the news

The big news of the week was the iPhone 4 becoming available for pre-order, and all of the chaos associated with that due to AT&T problems and unprecedented demand.  I still haven’t been been able to pre-order one myself, as I can only do so through AT&T (because of my account) and they have stopped taking pre-orders.  Here are other news items from the past week that might be of interest to you:

• Last December, I reviewed West CLE Mobile, an app that lets you get CLE credit on your iPhone.  The app was updated to version 2.0 this week to add the ability to search for and download content directly from the app itself (removing the need to do that on a West website).  Over 3,000 CLE programs are available for you to download.  Click here to get West CLE Mobile (free): 

  

• If you have video on your computer that you would like to view on an iPhone or an iPad without having to convert to an iPhone-friendly format and sync the files, Air Video is a great app.  Dan Moren of Macworld wrote a nice review.  Click here for Air Video ($2.99): 

  

• Jeremy Horwitz writes an editorial on iLounge to share his thoughts on “How Apple + AT&T Should Fix The iPhone 4 Fiasco, Now.”
• How much 3g data will you use with an iPhone 4?  Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica lists five reasons that your data use may go up with an iPhone 4.
• Earlier this month, I wrote about the extensive interview of Steve Jobs at D8, a large portion of which focused on the iPhone.  You can now download the full interview from iTunes, and it really is worth watching.  Click here to download it: 

  

• The Joy of Tech has a cute comic strip about the Island of Apple-Banished Toys.  Worth reading.
• I still don’t have an iPad yet, but seeing apps like this make me want to get one to use at trial.  Scott Falbo wrote an iPad app called iJuror that allows you to track juror information during voir dire.  You can just tap seats to add juror info, share with colleagues, quickly see juror names, drag and drop to dismiss jurors, etc.  If you have an iPad, give it a look, and hopefully one of the many iPad lawyer websites will review the app soon.  Click here for iJuror for iPad ($14.99): 

  

• Another app that I’m sure I will use whenever I get an iPad is Quickoffice.  Aulia Masna of Macworld wrote this review.  Harry McCracken of Technologizer wrote this review.
• And finally, here is a fun video of magic tricks performed with an iPad.  The video isn’t in English, but the language barrier won’t stop you from enjoying the tricks: