If you were among the first to place a pre-order for an iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, or Apple Watch Series 3, then you should be receiving it today. If you are waiting for an iPhone X like I am, then we have five more weeks before we can place a pre-order, but you can still start living in the future by downloading iOS 11 for your iPhone and iPad and watchOS 4 for your Apple Watch. These new products dominated the news of note from this past week:
- On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10:30 Central, I’m giving a CLE presentation through the Louisiana State Bar Association on tips for getting the most out of your iPad and iPhone in a law practice, with a special emphasis on tips for using the new iOS 11. You can attend in person if you are in New Orleans, but you can also attend outside of New Orleans because the LSBA is providing a live webinar. The LSBA is only charging $10 for the CLE, and you can get CLE credit in Louisiana; I don’t know about other states. Click here for more information and to sign up.
- On the latest episode of the Apps in Law podcast, Brett Burney interviews Texas attorney Rick Robertson to discuss the incredibly useful GoodReader app.
- California attorney David Sparks is excited for Bluetooth 5.0 support on the new iPhones, and I’ve had the same thought. When I am wearing my AirPods, my iPhone usually has to be in the same room. I would love to have Bluetooth 5.0 AirPods so that I can roam around my entire house without carrying my iPhone with me.
- The Apple Watch Series 3 is faster and (optionally) features cellular. John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote a good review of the Apple Watch Series 3.
- Serenity Caldwell of iMore did a great job with this review of the Apple Watch Series 3.
- Zac Hall of 9to5Mac wrote this review of the Apple Watch Series 3.
- Benjamin Clymer of watch website Hodinkee reviews the Apple Watch Series 3 Edition (the high-end version made of ceramic). The written review is well-done, and so is the video that accompanies the article.
- iOS 11 also came out this week. Jason Snell wrote a good overview of iOS 11 in Macworld, and that article includes links to related articles, such as this useful one explaining the changes to the Maps app in iOS 11, along with other changes to make it safer to have your iPhone in your car while driving.
- If you want all of the details of iOS 11, Federico Vitticci’s review of iOS 11 for MacStories is, as always, epic. It is essentially an online book packed with tons of detail.
- A number of third party apps have already been updated to take advantage of drag-and-drop and other new features in iOS 11. GoodNotes, my favorite app for taking handwritten notes on my iPad, explains all of the improvements in this post.
- Readdle explains how PDF Expert and other apps were updated for iOS 11 in this post.
- 1Password was updated for iOS 11 so that you can now drag-and-drop a password into an app.
- With iOS 11, TripIt now has an iMessages app, allowing you to share your travel plans with someone else, with the plans automatically updating if your travels plans change, as explained in this post.
- You can now share an iPhone or iPad screen to someone else, which is great for tech support. Ryan Christoffel reviews TeamViewer Quick Support, an app that lets you do just this. If you have a family member or friend who relies on you for tech support, this looks very useful.
- If you are interested in the new iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote this review.
- Matthew Panzariono of TechCrunch wrote this review of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, in which he focuses on the camera improvements.
- And finally, it wasn’t that long ago that you needed to spend a lot of money on Photoshop for a computer to remove a person or unwanted object from a photograph. But now you can use an inexpensive iPad app, such as the $5 Pixelmator app, to do so. Here is a quick video from Apple showing you how to do it: