I have been using handheld devices since the late 1980s, starting with a Sharp Wizard, then numerous Palm and BlackBerry devices, and finally a Palm Treo 650. But 10 years ago on July 22, 2018, I started using an iPhone 3G, and it was vastly superior to anything I had used before. (This post from three years ago shows the last important email I ever read on my Palm Treo 650.) It was the second generation of the iPhone and the first iPhone that was truly useful for attorneys becuase we could use faster 3G data, the App Store, and Microsoft Exchange. Stephen Hackett wrote a post for MacStories this week looking back at the iPhone 3G. As much as I loved that iPhone 3G at the time, it is amazing to think of how far the iPhone has come in the past 10 years, and it is hard to even imagine what kind of handheld device I’ll be using in another 10 years. And now, the news of note from the past week:
- California attorney David Sparks discusses a study on how folks use the App Store.
- Kentucky attorney Stephen Embry discusses the artificial intelligence used in the new Westlaw Edge. (Note that Westlaw is a current sponsor of iPhone J.D.)
- The iPhone X and iPhone 8 both support Bluetooth 5.0, although I don’t think that many accessories support it yet. Pater Cao of 9to5Mac explains what could be coming with Bluetooth 5.0.
- Ben Lovejoy of 9to5Mac describes new ways that you can use the Uber app to help your drive locate you.
- Juli Clover of MacRumors discusses the changes to Notifications in the upcoming iOS 12.
- Mark Gurman and Nico Grant of Bloomberg report that Adobe will release Photoshop for iPad in 2019.
- Cella Lao Rousseau of iMore shows off some of the winning photographs in the 2017 iPhone Photography Awards.
- Serenity Caldwell, who was at iMore when she wrote this but recently joined Apple’s communications department, reviews the Brydge Keyboard for iPad Pro. I know that a lot of people like this keyboard.
- Caldwell also provides a good preview of the new features in watchOS 5 coming to the Apple Watch in a few months.
- Michael Simon of Macworld recommends apps for the Apple Watch.
- If your summer plans include a trip to a Disney park, Ben Lovejoy of 9to5Mac describes a new augmented reality app from Disney that you can play based upon your surroundings while you are waiting in line.
- If you want to watch videos taking from iPhones which were accidentally dropped from a plane and from an amusement ride, and lived to tell the tale, then you will want to check out this post from Chance Miller of 9to5Mac.
- And finally, Apple released four 15-second commercials to show off how easy it is to use Apple Pay in Messages to pay someone. I’ve used Apple Pay in Messages many times to contribute to joint gifts or to pay someone back, and I love how quick and easy it is to use. The four videos are Wedding, Lost Shirt, Rent, and Hungry: