One of the great traditions of ABA TECHSHOW is to have sessions with a title of 60 ____ in 60 Minutes. The final session of the conference is the very popular 60 Sites in 60 Minutes, and equally popular is the annual session 60 Tips in 60 Minutes. In that spirit, last week at TECHSHOW 2011, Reid Trautz, Josh Barrett and I presented 60 Apps in 60 Minutes, a collection of notable apps for attorneys using an iPhone or an iPad. It was a great session with a packed and enthusiastic audience, as shown in this picture taken by Ohio attorney Brett Burney. Well, that picture doesn't exactly capture the enthusiasm, but trust me it was there. I liked this tweet during the presentation by Detroit attorney Randall Juip: "@iphonejd is spending all my app money, $1-2 bucks at a time. And I'm loving it!"
Those who attended will be able to download our slides from the ABA TECHSHOW website very soon, but here is a list of the primary apps that we discussed (along with my tiny description of what the app does). The apps are listed in the order that we discussed them, and don't try to find too much rhyme or reason in that; it was a mixture of alphabetical order, who was discussing the app, and in a few cases an effort to group similar apps together. I put links on the names of the apps that have received a formal review here on iPhone J.D. I think that you will find that this is a really good and diverse list of apps for you to explore.
60 Apps in 60 Minutes, 2011 Edition
- Black's Law Dictionary - dictionary ($54.99):
- Book of Jargon - example of effective law firm marketing in an app (free):
- Calvetica Calendar - calendar ($2.99):
- Appolicious - app recommendations (free):
- Atomic Web Browser - web browser ($0.99):
- Berokyo - file manager ($1.99):
- Keynote - presentations ($9.99):
- Penultimate - notes ($1.99):
- iThoughtsHD - mind mapping ($9.99):
- Chase Mobile - deposit checks (free):
- Citrix Receiver - remote access (free):
- LogMeIn Ignition - remote access ($29.99):
- Food Truck Fiesta - find food ($0.99):
- Google Translate - voice translation (free):
- Jibbigo - voice translation ($4.99):
- Flipboard - news aggregator (free):
- Zite - news aggregator (free):
- Instapaper - save web pages to read later ($4.99):
- Documents to Go Premium - view and edit Microsoft Office documents ($16.99):
- Dragon Dictation - transcribe speech (free):
- Eye Glasses - magnifying glass ($2.99):
- Google Voice - phone services (free):
- HootSuite for Twitter - social media aggregator (free):
- iCPR Full - emergency medical (free):
- Digits Calculator - calculator ($0.99):
- PDF Expert - document editor ($9.99):
- Photogene for iPad - photo editor ($2.99):
- Fastcase - legal research (free):
- GateGuru - airport information (free):
- Goodreader for iPad - document editor ($4.99):
- Price Check by Amazon - compare prices (free):
- Noted - notes (free):
- Siri - personal assistant (free):
- Infinity Blade - game ($5.99):
- Satchel - client for Backpack service ($9.99):
- Plaintext - text editor (free):
- Court Days Pro - date calculator ($2.99):
- Note Taker HD - notes ($4.99):
- Prizmo - scan and OCR ($9.99):
- Text'nDrive Pro - read text messages and e-mails ($9.99):
- Word Lens - translation (free):
- iType2Go Pro - text editor + camera viewer ($1.99):
- TextExpander - macro utility ($4.99):
- TuneIn Radio Pro - listen to and record radio stations ($0.99):
- GarageBand - create music ($4.99):
- Pro HDR - improved HDR photography ($1.99):
- Skype - VOIP calls and video (free):
- WordPerfect Viewer - view .wpd files ($4.99):
- Groupon - coupons (free):
- JotNot Scanner Pro - document scanner ($0.99):
- MindMiester for iPad - mind mapping ($7.99):
- PhotoSync - transfer photos from iPhone to iPad ($3.99):
- Trickle for Twitter - Twitter display ($0.99):
- Reeder for iPad - RSS reader ($4.99):
- iMovie - edit movies ($4.99):
- Localscope - find nearby businesses ($1.99):
- Atari's Greatest Hits - game (free):
- GoToMyPC - remote access (free):
- TrialPad - display and mark up exhibits on external display ($89.99):
- Outliner for iPad (by CarbonFin) - organize thoughts ($4.99):
- Minimal Folio - presentations ($2.99):
By the way, there are lots of apps on the list that we put together at last year's TECHSHOW that I still use all the time, so click here to read the TECHSHOW 2010 list. A similar list prepared for TECHSHOW 2009 is available here, although that list is starting to get dated.
A popular activity at TECHSHOW was to trade your iPhone or iPad with someone else just to compare apps and learn about new ones. I find that no matter how many apps that you think that you know about, you can always learn about additional good ones when you compare notes with others. With that in mind, I always love it when people send me an e-mail recommending one or more apps that they enjoy using, so please keep those e-mails coming!
