Linetime have announced the arrival of their new iphone based KPI utility Liberate K-Dash.

Developed for people keen to stay informed whilst on the move. Liberate K-Dash produces graphical indicators of key statistics by linking directly to the Liberate database. Users can decide on a mix of financial and performance related indicators to help monitor their business remotely.

From the Law Society Gazette:

 Conveyancing firm Barnetts has launched an iPhone application that allows clients to get an instant quote and follow the progress of their case via their phone.

The in-house IT team at Barnetts developed the software, which other firms will be able to licence and use.

The iClick app is available for free on iTunes by searching using the keyword ‘conveyancing’.

Potential clients can click ‘quote’, enter the price of the property and select whether they are buying or selling. The application then connects to the firm’s live quote system and downloads the latest fee information direct to their phones in seconds.

If a client is happy with the fee and wants to instruct the firm, they enter some basic contact details and will be contacted by Barnetts.

To track their case, clients enter their case reference and a password. Key transaction milestones information will then be displayed, in addition to the text messaging which is sent out at key milestones.

Richard Barnett, senior partner at the firm, said: ‘In the past few years, conveyancers have been challenged to provide the best possible service at the most competitive price. To succeed with this goal, the use of the latest techniques and technologies has to be embraced.’

 

UPDATE: Apple are to issue a patch to resolve this problem via iTunes and available on Saturday.

Details have been announced of an iPhone security weakness that will potentially let malicious users take control of your iPhone.

There is not thought to be any immediate danger as hackers have yet to build tools to exploit the flaw in the iPhones software. It is now down to Apple to release a patch for the phone before this becomes a real world problem. Full details here

 

Apple today said the heatwave may have been to blame for the breakdown of scores of iPhones.

The phone manufacturer warned owners of the new iPhone 3GS that leaving them in blazing sunshine could lead to malfunctions. See here

To reflect growing interest in the legal community for the iPhone we have added a new iPhone category to our Solutions Finder which lists over 200 legal technology solution suppliers.

The new category will list suppliers that provide iPhone apps or integration for legal software applications or other solutions of interest to the legal profession.

If you know of any legal iPhone apps that we have missed please let us know at info@legaltechnologysolutions.com

Interesting post here listing 100 apps to turn your iPhone into the ultimate personal assistant.

Autonomy today announced that its flagship document management solution, iManage WorkSite, now supports the Apple® iPhone™. With this announcement, Autonomy is bringing the legal industry’s leading document management solution to users of the iPhone, which is increasing adoption within law firms.

The seamless integration with the Apple’s popular mobile device provides users with powerful, easy and secure access to information in WorkSite repositories. It is designed as a native iPhone application leveraging ground breaking technology in the iPhone, including the Multi-Touch interface, the real-time 3D graphics, and 3D positional audio over Edge/3G/WiFi, to provide for the first time a rich user experience for secure mobile access to corporate repositories. This marks the latest addition to iManage’s extensive list of mobile support, including the BlackBerry, Palm, Windows Mobile, and Symbian. The integration allows WorkSite users to effectively access and manage their emails and matter related content from anywhere and enable them to stay productive and responsive to client needs.

The iPhone integration for iManage Worksite is available as an optional add-on product now. Please visit www.autonomy.com/iPhoneDemo to find out more.

Another company offering digital dication for the Apple iPhone is the long established DictaNet.

Key features include:

• Revolutionary operation through the use of the integrated movement sensor for dictation control
• Professional dictation functions such as Insert, Voice Activation (can be deactivated), Conference Mode
• Separate dictation folders for dictations, drafts, voice recognition dictations, dictations in conference mode
• User interface and controls can be adjusted for right- and left-handed use
• Attachment of photos to a dictation (e.g. for experts) with optional location designation
• Dictation author initials and text comments can be added to the dictation
• Up to 100 hours (with 8 GB) or 200 hours (with 16 GB) of digital quality dictation recordings
• Automatic dictation import over WLAN in DictaNet WF and DictaNet Tandem dictation systems
• Includes future updates: no additional costs for program maintenance and support

 Full details here

Last week Citrix announced the availability of the Citrix Receiver application on the Apple App Store. The app gives iPhone and iPod touch users access their Windows applications and documents from anywhere. Businesses will be able to quickly and securely leverage their existing Citrix XenApp™ infrastructure to tap into the power of an agile and productive mobile workforce.

Interesting article from ITWire on reasons that the iPhone may take over from the Blackberry as the mobile device of choice for lawyers.

Last week Skype released their much awaited client for the Apple iPhone.

This means that iPhone users can now make free Skype to Skpye calls and potentially benefit from cheaper calls rates to ordinary phones and mobiles when using a WiFi connection. You can also benefit from the Skype features of seeing who is online and instant messaging.

 

 

Time Recording

Time Master	Contains most of the features that lawyers need although not specfically written for lawyers. A very flexible time and expense recording package. Some of the terminology is American but if you can live with that this is a very good time recording package albeit at a fairly high price for an iPhone app.	More
Others	There are numerous other time recording applications available (most not aimed specifically at lawyers) of varying degrees of functionality. The best place to check these out is the iTunes App Store.

 

Digital Dictation Applications

Bighand	Bighand have enhanced their Microsoft Exchange gateway so that it will accept standard audio/voice files from the iPhone. Using a simple voice recorder (there are many available from the iPhone Apps store) users can record their dictation and then email it back to the firm in the normal way. The gateway will then route the mail containing the voice file attachement to the lawyer's secretary.	More
nFlow	Developed in conjunction with iPhone application developer JOTOMI GmbH, the nFlow solution is a full iPhone application tat integrates tightly into the overall digital dictation workflow by allowing the lawyer to enter and send key information relating to the dictation such as the urgency and any guidance notes for secretaries etc.	More

 

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