Today is the last day for you to nominate your favorite law-related blog for the ABA Journal's Blawg 100. You don't need to register with the ABA to nominate a blog, and the form includes only a few questions so it is quick and easy to make a nomination. Click on this link if you want to tell the ABA Journal editors about one or more blawgs that you enjoy, whether it be iPhone J.D. or any other blog. And now on to the iPhone and iPad news of the week:
- It seems like I report on this one every year, and I guess I do. For the sixth year in a row, Apple was the #1 smartphone manufacturer according to J.D. Power's customer satisfaction survey, as noted by Jim Dalrymple of The Loop.
- Even though the iPhone 4 has been out for well over a year, Neil Hughes of AppleInsider reports that it is still the #1 phone sold by both AT&T and Verizon. And on AT&T, the two year old iPhone 3GS is the #2 phone sold. (Verizon only sells the iPhone 4.) If the old iPhones are still selling this well, one can only imagine how many new iPhones Apple will sell when it releases the 2011 model — which I presume will be within the next six weeks.
- You will soon be able to use your iPhone from virtually anywhere. Tim Greene of Network World reports that Iridium is coming out with a new device that will provide satellite-based internet access on your iPhone or iPad.
- Julie Cohn of The Daily reports on iPads in the White House.
- For the first time, the FTC has barred the sale of an iPhone app on the grounds that it makes an unsubstantiated health claim. As Grant Gross of IDG reports, the FTC has reached a settlement that stops the sale of apps that claimed to treat acne by using blue and red lights. Apparently there is some scientific support for treating acne with lights, but not at the intensity produced by an iPhone.
- NBC updated its iPad app so that it now streams full episodes of shows, much like the ABC and CBS apps, as reported by Sue Megrund of AppAdvice. Click here for the NBC app (free):
- Attorney Bill Latham of The Hytech Lawyer reviews and compares TrialPad, Exhibit A, and RLTC Evidence — three trial presentation apps for the iPad.
- Latham also analyzes whether it is ethical for lawyers to store confidential documents on Dropbox.
- Bob Tedeschi of the New York Times shares iPhone battery-saving tips learned from Hurricane Irene.
- I often write about people using the Find My iPhone feature to locate a lost or stolen iPhone. Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo reports that Find My iPhone was used to locate the remains of a military plane that crashed over Chile.
- A few weeks ago, I reviewed the PowerSkin, an iPhone case that includes a battery. Lex Friedman of Macworld reviews eight other iPhone cases with a battery.
- MG Siegler of TechCrunch explains why the iPad is often such a good replacement for a PC.
- And finally, in an apparent attempt to prove that the iPad is universally loved, Jan Uebelherr of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that orangutans at the Milwaukee Zoo love their iPads. Here is the video that accompanies the article:
