In a week in which the real news has been terrifying and bordered on the absurd, perhaps we can all gain from a break in which we just think about fun topics like mobile technology. Here is the iPhone and iPad news of note that caught my attention this week:
- Missouri attorney Todd Hendrickson identifies his top 5 iOS apps in a post for Lawyerist.com.
- The Law Firm Mobile website reports that 22 firms on the 2012 AmLaw 200 list have mobile apps, while 54 have mobile compatible websites.
- Houston attorney Reginald Hirsch wrote to tell me that the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad, which was almost $100 when I posted a review a few months ago, is now selling on Amazon for about $75. One of my partners picked up one of these a few weeks ago and he loves it. I’m still not a fan of any keyboard with keys smaller than full-size, but if that doesn’t bother you, this is a very nice keyboard.
- We all know that you need to silence your iPhone in court or you might get sanctioned by the judge. Laurel Newby reports on the Law.com Legal Blog Watch that a Michigan judge found himself in contempt after his unidentified phone started talking (sounds like Siri, but this is unclear).
- South Carolina attorney Justin Kahn discusses some apps that can scan documents and create a PDF.
- Alan Cohen of Law Technology News warns of some mistakes to avoid when you are buying and using a smartphone.
- South Carolina attorney Bill Latham of the Hytech Lawyer reviews the Seagate GoFlex Mobile Wireless Plus 1TB mobile drive, a wireless hard drive that you can use with an iPad.
- The ABA has posted a ton of pictures from ABA TECHSHOW 2013 on Facebook.
- If you need to take a full-size screenshot of an entire webpage, you’ll want to check out this review of the Barry app by Federico Viticci of Macstories.
- Joseph Keller of iMore reports that the YouTube app can now stream live events.
- Harry McCracken on Time compares the numbers on iOS and Android.
- The humor website Funny or Die released its first movie this week, iSteve, staring Justin Long as Steve Jobs.
- And finally, it occurs to me that my children will look at cassette tapes (and albums) the same way that I look at eight-track cartridges: something that I know my parents used for playing music, but something that I only barely remember myself. If you want to combine the nostalgia of old technology with the new technology of your iPhone 5, then you’ll want to check out the $14.99 Cassette Case by Rocket Cases, available in six different colors. Killian Bell of Cult of Mac posted this review.
