30 Hot Legal Palm and Handheld Tips and Gadgets in 60

MinutesLegaltech New YorkSeptember 17th, 2003

Speakers

Carol Schlein President Law Office Systems, Montclair NJ

Brett Burney Legal Practice Support Coordinator Thomson Hine LLP, Cleveland OH

Learn to Use Shortcuts

Record commonly used phrases as Shortcuts

Learn to use Copy, Cut, Paste and Undo

Synchronicity(Pocket PC)

USB cable/cradle

Infrared portsWi-FiOver the Internet

Synchronize to Your Case Management Program

Palms and other devices can be synched to:

Time Matters Amicus Attorney Abacus Law Outlook

Some Healthy Memory(Palm & Pocket PC)

ROM – Read Only Memory RAM – Random Access Memory CompactFlash (CF) Memory MultiMediaCard (MMC) Secure Digital (SD) Microdrive PC Cards Sony Memory Stick SmartMedia

Let Your Palm Earn You More $$

Purchase a billing program to record your time directly on your palm device

Time Reporter for Timeslips/ Carpe Diem (www.iambic.com)

DTE in Hand (www.aps-soft.com) PCLaw TE (Travel Edition) TABS III Palm Application

Digital Voice Recorder

Use your PDA as a digital voice recorder

Most Pocket PCs have a Record button

Recordings are saved as Notes

Learn to Use FIND

Click on the magnifying glass icon and write a few letters to find any text or numbers stored on your Palm

Screen Protection(Palm & Pocket PC)

Keep your screen scratch-free

Use screen protectors (www.writeshield.com)

Clean screen very well before applying

Get a Good Stylus or Keyboard

Styli can combine pointer and pen – even fountain pen (Cross-Matrix Multi-Function Fountain Pen $80)

Variety of attachable keyboards to allow you to type notes directly into your Palm

Full Screen Keyboard

Thumb Power!

Get a USB Drive

Great way to backup critical files or Transport them between home and

office Stores up to 1 GB Costs $70+ www.usbdrive.com or

www.costco.com

Presentations with your PDA

(Palm & Pocket PC)

First, you need an expansion device – a card for your PDA Presenter-To-Go from Margi –

www.margi.com

Second, you need software that can interpret your slides and present them Pocket Slides from Conduits for

Pocket PC – www.conduits.com

Free Software!

Check out free and inexpensive software for your Palm from:

www.PALMLAW.com www.DOWNLOAD.CNET.com www.PEANUTPRESS.com www.AVANTGO.com

Pocket PC Websites

http://www.pocketpc.comhttp://www.pocketpcpassion.c

omhttp://www.pocketpcthoughts

.comhttp://www.pocketpcmag.comhttp://www.cewindows.net

Legal Resources at Your Fingertips

www.PALMONE.comFederal Rules of EvidenceUS ConstitutionDaily News from newspapers

Viewing a PDF on your PDA(Palm & Pocket PC)

Adobe Reader

Take Documents with You

Programs like Documents to Go let you copy documents including word documents, spreadsheets and slideshows to your Palm

www.DATAVIZ.com

Pocket Word and Pocket Excel

(Pocket PC)

“Pocket” versions of the software you know and love

Avoid Getting Lost

Don’t be late for client appointments or locating a new courthouse

Download map directions from www.mapblast.com or www.mappoint.msn.com (formerly mapblast)

iQue from Garmin, EMTAC Wireless Bluetooth GPS (Global Positioning System) add-ons

Printing from your PDA

Many utilities available

Usually through: Infrared, Wireless, or Bluetooth

connectionwww.iscomplete.com

Backup Your Data!

Make sure you synch your Palm to the desktop to backup the changes you make on your Palm

Consider using a case management program to get additional redundancy

“Beaming” on your Pocket PC

Palm isn’t the only device that can “beam you up”

Peacemaker from Conduits (www.conduits.com) lets you beam contacts, appointments, notes, and files from your Pocket PC to just about any PDA

Manage Your Expenses

Track your mileage and out of pocket expenses on your Palm

Make year-end accounting easier

Clean Up the Startup Folder(Pocket PC)

Browse to My Device > Windows >

StartupNOT the “Start Menu”Delete un-necessary

programs

Know Your Competition

Search the Palm version of Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer finder through your Palm

www.PALMLAW.com

Create your own Custom Database!

(Pocket PC)

Visual CE from SYWARE

(www.syware.com) WYSIWYG editor Completely

customizable Impress your friends!

Upgrade Your Palm Apps

Check out Agendus for enhanced calendars, contact lists and Todo management and optionally e-mail on the Palm

$24.95 www.IAMBIC.com

Adding Fonts to your Pocket PC

Simply use ActiveSync to copy TrueType fonts from your PC to your Pocket PC

Windows > Fonts folders

Combine Critical Functions

Replace older model cell phones and Palm Pilots with a Palm with a built-in phone

Kyocera 7135 Tungsten W

Handheld Handspring Treo

SmartPhone

Windows CE Inbox Transfer(Pocket PC)

Thank You!

Carol Schlein President Law Office Systems, Montclair NJ

Brett Burney Legal Practice Support Coordinator Thomson Hine LLP, Cleveland OH