Category / iPad

by Brett Burney

“Printing” a PDF From Your iPad To Dropbox

I use the iPad to read a lot of news, websites, e-mail and documents. There are many occasions when I want to convert what I’m reading into a PDF so I can annotate and preserve the information. And I want to save it into Dropbox since that’s my “virtual file cabinet.”

Printopia LogoI use the iPad to read a lot of news, websites, e-mail and documents. There are many occasions when I want to convert what I’m reading into a PDF so I can annotate and preserve the information. And I want to save it into Dropbox since that’s my “virtual file cabinet.”

Josh Barrett over on the most-excellent Tablet Legal blog has a couple of great posts on creating PDFs from your iPad, but he has a couple of reservations about the quality of the PDFs from the methods he outlines. I’m intrigued by the Save2PDF app, but I’d like to see some improvements before I commit to it.

Everyone’s been talking about AirPrint that showed up in the iOS 4.2 upgrade, but there doesn’t seem to be many people that have the compatible printers necessary to make it work out of the box. There are some workarounds but I wanted something simple and seamless.

Many people have ALSO been talking about Printopia, a new offering from the folks at Ecamm Network. I’ve been a big fan of Ecamm’s PhoneView which I don’t use all that often, but every once in a while it’s an awesome way to dig around the guts of my iPhone.

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by Brett Burney

Gotta Get Some Readdle Apps for 80% Off!

I’m a big fan of Readdle apps since they’re fantastic for viewing and managing documents on iOS devices. None of the Readdle apps have been very expensive, but from now until Nov. 30, they’re slashing prices to the point where you can pick up all their goodies for pennies during their Black Friday Madness Sale.

Readdle Black Friday Madness SaleI’m a big fan of Readdle apps since they’re fantastic for viewing and managing documents on iOS devices. Their namesake app, ReaddleDocs, is a must-have for every lawyer with an iPhone or iPad.

None of the Readdle apps have been very expensive, but from now until Nov. 30, they’re slashing prices to the point where you can pick up all their goodies for pennies during their Black Friday Madness Sale.

For the iPhone, you must get:

  • ReaddleDocs (was $4.99 now 99¢) – all-purpose document and file viewer that can pull files from computers, Dropbox, and more
  • PDF Expert (was $4.99 now 99¢) – PDF viewer with full text search and support for bookmarks
  • Scanner Pro (was $6.99 now 99¢) – enables the iPhone to be used as a portable document scanner
  • Flash Drive (was $4.99 now 99¢) – a Wi-Fi thumbdrive for the iPhone

For the iPad, you must get:

You can find a ton of other iPhone & iPad apps on sale from the comprehensive list on MacStories.

by Brett Burney

Enterprising Lawyers Adopting the iPad

Josh Barret on his Tablet Legal blog has an excellent post on what “enterprise adoption of the iPad” means to lawyers. He digs through a recent Forrester report to glean what it means for practicing lawyers.

The iPadJosh Barret on his Tablet Legal blog has an excellent post on what “enterprise adoption of the iPad” means to lawyers. Forrester recently released a report about how the 200 companies they interviewed are adopting and adapting the iPad into their core workflows.

The report highlighted three main points about the iPad in the Enterprise:

  1. It’s “displacing” laptops
  2. It’s replacing paper
  3. It’s providing unique access to information (e.g. sales-people able to use it in the field to close calls)

And while many lawyers would appropriately distinguish their practice from the typical corporate enterprise, these studies are relevant because it portends how the iPad will develop into a better business tool. Josh does an excellent job in his post of’ describing how this recent report relates to the environment of a law practice.

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