Attorney Smartphone Use and Android By The Numbers

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A GREAT Evernote Blog

Philippe Doyle Gray is a lawyer in Australia.  He also has a great blog on how to use Evernote!  If you want to learn, you must visit Philippe's site.  Please click here.  He also includes a download for his 53 page Evernote presentation delivered at the ABA Techshow.

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Sony's Digital Paper - A Tablet Just For Lawyers

OK, this is pretty cool.  Sony has an ultra thin, ultra big screen tablet specifically targeted for us lawyers! The Digital Paper.  It's a bit pricey at $1,100, and I haven't actually held or used one, but it sure looks awesome.  Here's what Sony has to say and show about it (be sure to click on the photos for larger, up close views):

Yellow pads, loose papers, and file folders are a thing of the past. Sony's handheld letter-size Digital Paper lets you easily and securely access files, make and upload handwritten notes and annotated documents, save the files or archive for sharing with clients, colleagues, and co-workers. Increase productivity and streamline collaboration with others via shared files that show your markings and highlights. This superlative tool is durable, portable, and easy to use, with a user-friendly screen that reflects ambient light for easy legibility both indoors and out. Digital Paper makes an ideal complement to laptops and tablets.

Read and work on new documents or archives in sharp, easy-to-read text and graphics, full letter size, so you never need to scroll to read.* Digital Paper has a 13.3" display that renders full-page letter-size (8.5" x 11") documents in PDF format.

Use the stylus just like a pen to write fluidly and directly on the panel, as well as easily highlight and erase text.

Since files can be stored in a document repository, you can collaborate with colleagues who need to work on the same files or save your documents to the archives.

Digital Paper's durable frame is light and portable, replacing bulky file folders and briefcases.

In addition to PDF source files, MS Word®, PowerPoint®, and Excel® files can be converted to the PDF format, then saved, viewed, and annotated on Digital Paper. For speedy retrieval and transfer, Sony's Digital Paper incorporates wireless access to servers (via Wi-Fi), as well as USB connectivity.

Read all about it by visiting the Sony website.

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How To Find Your Lost iPhone or iPad

If you are a lawyer carrying an iPhone or an iPad, it is likely that device is jammed with important and confidential information.  What happens if you misplace that devise, with all of that important information?

Fortunately Apple has thought of such an unpleasant event, and the iOS operating system has built in security measures.  You can track your lost device, or you can remotely sweep its contents clean (a super erase if you will). However, for those measures to be available to you, you have to set them up on the device, and you need to know how to utilize them.

For an education on this topic we turn to our friends at Apple Tool Box.com.  The hardworking folks at ATB have posted a step-by-step tutorial on how to program your device in anticipation of its being lost, and on what to do when it is lost.  It couldn't be simpler.  Click here to learn how.

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Contextual and Predictive Technologies

Apple's Siri is a technology that I am getting more comfortable with everyday.  It is proving to be a nice little time saver when it comes to looking up phone numbers on the internet, dialing phone numbers from my directory, etc., etc.  When Siri came out she was fairly big news.  Now apparently she is old school.  The new buzz words are contextual technology and predicitive technology.

CT and PT are software programs that allow our devices to learn about behavior and preferences so that the device can anticipate what we want or need, and get it done for us.  Want an example?  Think Radar O'Reilly from MASH.  Radar walks into Colonel Blake's office and lets Henry know that his wife is on the phone before the Colonel even asked Radar to make the call!

The opportunities are endless: phones, watches, headset, cars, televisions . . . .  Imagine the calendar on your phone synching with your car's GPS.  It's a Tuesday and you need to be at a depo in a different city.  You start the car and automatically the depo location is programmed into your GPS. . .  You are driving to court for a 9:00 a.m. appearance.  It's 8:50 and your car senses that you are still 20 minutes away.  Your phone automatically calls the courtroom clerk, bluetooth sends the call to your car's speakerphone, and you let the clerk know you are running late.  Your smartwatch senses that your heart rate and blood pressure are elevated.  It also detects unusual shaking in your body.  It sounds an alarm and tells you to get to a doctor immediately in case of heart attack or stroke.  Oh yeah, the marketers will be involved also.  You are on your laptop looking at pictures of Hawaii.  Your heart rate goes up.  Your smartwatch senses this as a good thing, and an ad for a discount vacation pops up on your laptop screen personalized with your name and an invitation to immediately book a special deal for a Hawaiian holiday.  The possibilities go on and on.

The technology is already out there, and the big boys like Google and Microsoft are investing heavily in it.  Examples would include Google's recent purchase of Nest thermostats and its evolving Google Now service, two more examples of CT and PT.

Hal is here, but it may not be a bad thing?

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Dropbox For Lawyers

58% of law firms now use Dropbox for cloud storage of documents, files, photos, whatever.  Thanks to our friends at Lawyerist.com there is now a Dropbox user guide for Law firms.  Replete with videos and written instructions, this is a great resource for lawyers new to Dropbox, and for the veteran Dropboxers looking to expand their experience.  Great stuff!  Check it out by clicking here.

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DON'T INSTALL PROPERTIZER UPDATE

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING!!!

As most of you know, Dissomaster is now owned by Thomson Reuters -- even though the program continues to marketed through the CFLR.com  website.  Of course, with TR's ownership the quality of the software and support has gone way down.  Now it is just another fairly neglected product for sale by the legal publishing giant.  Unfortunately, there is not much any of us can do about that.

Last week and this week the Dissomaster Suite update CD is being mailing out by Thompson Reuters.  DO NOT INSTALL THE UPDATE FROM THE CD.  The Propertizer update is filled with bugs to the point of being absolutely useless.  The program does not save your work, it does not update the running totals, it does not print reports completely.  It is an absolute nightmare!

I called Dissomaster tech support Friday and was advised that they have their software engineers working overtime to fix all the problems.  I got no explanation for why they released the completely woeful upgrade in the first place?

The best thing you can do is to continue to run your old version, and then make frequent calls to tech support for updates on all the patches and fixes.  Once there is a stable update available from the CFLR.com website, go with that update.

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