In the news

If you are an early adopter like me, you’ll be getting a new iPad today.  According to the FedEx website, mine will be delivered to my office before 3pm.  That would normally be very exciting, but I’ve got a busy day at work and plans for Friday night, so I suspect it will be this weekend before I get to start putting the new iPad through its paces.  Here is the news of the week, much of which (obviously) relates to the new iPad:

• David Pogue of the New York Times answers some questions about the new iPad.
• iFixIt took apart a new iPad and took lots of pictures so you can see what it looks like inside without having to void your own warranty.
• Neil Squillante of TechnoLawyer explains what the new iPad means for lawyers.
• Jim Dalrymple writes about the iPad on Tech.pinions, explaining that what makes the iPad great is not the hardware specs but the overall experience.
• Gregg Keizer of Computerworld writes that corporations prefer the iPad 10-to-1 over rivals.
• Similarly, Josh Ong of AppleInsider writes that according to ChangeWave Research, Apple might get 84% of the corporate market with the new iPad.
• Alan of Art of the iPhone explains why AppleCare+ for the new iPad might be worth buying.  I always purchase AppleCare for my Apple computers, and I’ve never regretted the decision.  I have sometimes purchased it for the iPhone, but I haven’t yet ever purchased it for an iPad.
• Apple updated its iPad apps to take advantage of the third generation iPad’s retina display, and now third party app developers are doing the same.  Rene Ritchie of iMore describes some of the notable upgrades, and Jim Dalrymple of The Loop notes that Apple now has a section of the App Store dedicated to apps that take advantage of the new iPad’s retina display.
• If you get the LTE 4G version of the new iPad, you’ll see 4G speeds similar to Wi-Fi in the cities that support LTE.  Verizon has LTE service in about 200 markets, and plans to have over 400 LTE cities by the end of 2012 according to Nathan Mattise of Ars Technica.  AT&T currently only has 28 LTE cities, but Brad Reed of Network World reports that AT&T plans to cover 56 markets by the end of 2012, and over the next few months it is adding New Orleans (yeah!) and Baton Rouge here in Louisiana; Cleveland; St. Louis; Staten Island; Akron and Canton, Ohio; Naples, Fla.; Bloomington, Lafayette and Muncie, Ind.; and Bryan-College Station, Texas.
• Florida attorney Rick Georges of FutureLawyer recommends agianst using LTE to download HD movies.
• For the seventh year in a row, J.D. Power named the iPhone #1 in smartphone customer satisfaction.
• The news magazine The Week notes that someone in New York is suing Apple because he thinks Siri isn’t good enough, and uses the occasion to note other dubious lawsuits agianst Apple over the years.
• Jim Dedman and his cohorts at the great Abnormal Use blog have spent this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of “My Cousin Vinny,” the great legal comedy.  Here is an overview of their coverage, and they’ve got some great posts there.  Bravo!
• Ron Johnson is now the CEO of JC Penny, but he used to be in charge of Apple’s retail stores and he talks about that with Jennifer Reingold of Fortune.
• Mark Prigg of the London Evening Standard interviews Jonathan Ive, the guy in charge of design at Apple.
• When I dictate an e-mail to my iPhone 4S using Siri, I sometimes (although not very often) want to use an exclamation point, and sometimes Siri has trouble understanding that.  David Pogue of the New York Times suggests on Twitter saying it this way:  “ex-CLAM-ation point.”  Of course, now that I’m trying to test it, Siri is having no trouble understanding me no matter how I say it, but maybe this tip will help you.
• Quickoffice has a great app for viewing Microsoft office files on the iPad or iPhone.  My only gripe with it is that it still doesn’t support footnotes or show redlines.  Ryan Faas of Cult of Mac reports that Quickoffice is now coming out with an ultra-secure version of the app that locks down the documents in it.  If I understand correctly what this app does, it removes the ability to get a document out of the app, keeping confidential documents more secure, and securing documents in the app.
• Litigation consultant Ted Brooks writes about a way to save a legal brief in iBooks format to create an e-brief.
• Kenneth Jackson of Law Times writes about lawyers moving from the BlackBerry to iPhone.
• Christopher Breen of Macworld writes about the Apple TV as an accessory for your iPhone or iPad.
• Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun-Times recommends external keyboards for the iPad.
• Attorney Jeremy Horwitz of iLounge reports that Apple has a new Digital AV Adapter.  Josh Ong of AppleInsider reports that you may need this new version for the third generation iPad.
• Alabama attorney Clark Stewart reviews the Pioneer Appradio, an in-dash system for your car that has a large screen and connects to your iPhone.
• And finally, fake Apple news site Scoopertino “reports” that Apple is getting rid of music companies and will just have Siri sing the entire iTunes catalog.  Click here or on the below picture to read the story and to hear Siri sing.