The Apple iPad has been making significant inroads in the legal community since it's release. Wes Billingsley has compiled a list of 10 iPad Apps that he says are essential for making the iPad more than just a fancy gadget.
1. Evernote - Cost: free. Allows users to save notes and ideas, attach files and pictures, or record voice memos and share them across all devices.
2. Dragon Dictation - Cost: free. Dragon Dictation allows users to dictate memos on their iPad and share them with support staff in the office.
3. GoToMeeting - Cost: free. An iPad version of the popular online meeting software.
4. Citrix Receiver - Cost: free. Provides secure-access to legal applications, virtual desktops and data.
5. iAnnotate PDF - Cost: $9.99. Allows users to review, mark-up, annotate, redact, and add signatures to PDF documents. Then the documents can be saved and shared with others.
6. Dropbox - Cost: free. A cloud application that allows users to store and share up to 2GB of files. Dropbox synchronizes across multiple computers and multiple users. This version is capable of rendering Microsoft Office and PDF files.
7. Fastcase and WestlawNext - Cost: free. Customized iPad appls allow subscribers to LexisNexis and Westlaw to directly access their content.
8. Feeddler RSS Reader - Cost: free. Described as the best RSS reader for the iPad. Feeddler has an easy-to-follow interface for keeping up with information from all kinds of sources.
9. iWork for iPad - Cost: $9.99 to 29.98. A full-featured office application includes a word processor (Pages), spreadsheet application (Numbers), and presentation software (Keynote). These apps allow you to create sophisticated files right on your iPad.
10. Infinote - Cost: free. A notetaking, task-managing, and brainstorming application that takes full advantage of iPad's touch screen.
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