If you are interested in technology and want a good way to get CLE credit this year, we are approaching the Early Bird Deadline (February 17) for ABA TECHSHOW 2012, which takes place March 29 to 31 in Chicago. I'm speaking at two sessions. First, on March 29th, I'm on a panel called Smartphone Wars where I will be talking about using the iPhone in a law practice, Dan Pinnington will discuss Blackberry, and Jennifer Ellis will discuss Android. It will be interesting to compare and contrasts the hottest smartphones. Second, on March 31st, Josh Barrett and I will once again present 60 iOS Apps for Lawyers in 60 Minutes, a fast-paced look at some of the best iPad and iPhone apps. Because Reid Trautz is the Chair of TECHSHOW 2012, this is the first year that he won't be a part of 60 Apps, but I'm thrilled that Brett Burney will be taking his place. Josh Barrett and I are also hosting a Taste of TECHSHOW dinner on Thursday, March 29; more details are here if you'd like to join us. [UPDATE 2/14/12: Our dinner is now sold out, but there are sometimes last minute cancellations, so get on the waiting list on that same page if you want to try to join us.] And now, on to the news of note from the past week:
- Speaking of Brett Burney, the Lexblog Network interviewed Burney at the recent LegalTech New York regarding the use of iPads by lawyers.
- Horace Dediu of Asymco put together some fascinating graphs that show how Apple has risen to prominence in the mobile phone market. The third graph is particularly interesting, showing that Apple sees 40% of mobile phone revenue, and a staggering 75% of all profits on mobile phones.
- More interesting numbers: Matt Brian of The Next Web reports that 70% of all smartphones sold by AT&T and Verizon last quarter were iPhones.
- Jeff Gray of Toronto newspaper The Globe and Mail reports that more and more Canadian lawyers are using the iPhone over the Canadian-produced BlackBerry.
- Arizona attorney Joseph Kanefield, who is currently president of the Arizona Bar, wrote about how he uses the iPhone and iPad in his law practice in this article for Arizona Attorney magazine.
- Daniel Eran Dilger of AppleInsider offers some theories on why IT departments at large companies are embracing the iPhone more than Android.
- Similarly, Ryan Faas of Computerworld looks back at the use of Apple products in enterprise over the years.
- Here's another story of an iPhone thief being caught by Find My iPhone. As C.J. Hughes of the New York Times reports, this time, it was the police who thought to take advantage of the service.
- Former Apple executive Bob Borchers provided some details on the early development of the iPhone in a lecture reported on by Katie Marsal of AppleInsider. Borchers said that Steve Jobs "wanted to create something that was so instrumental and integrated in peoples' lives that you'd rather leave your wallet at home than your iPhone."
- New York attorney Neil Squillante of TechnoLawyer discusses TranscriptPad, a great iPad app that I reviewed on January 18th.
- Trial presentation consultant Ted Brooks reviewed iJury, a voir dire app for the iPad.
- Virginia attorney Rob Dean of WalkingOffice reviews Tom Mighell's book iPad in One Hour for Lawyers. (My review of that book is here.)
- And finally, I recently reviewed the Chef Sleeve, a device to protect your iPad in a kitchen and other environment. But for those of you who need EXTREME protection from your iPad, Traci Dauphin of Cult of Mac reviews the Grid Tablet by Watershed, a bag for the iPad that Navy Seals use so that they can use their iPads at a depth of up to 300 feet. If you need to practice law while you are deep underwater, than You'll want to spend $100 on this:
