30 Hot Legal Palm and
Handheld Tips and
Gadgets in 60 Minutes
Legaltech New York
September 17th, 2003
Speakers
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Carol Schlein
President
Law Office Systems, Montclair NJ
Brett Burney
Legal Practice Support Coordinator
Thomson Hine LLP, Cleveland OH
Learn to Use Shortcuts
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Record commonly used
phrases as Shortcuts
Learn to use Copy, Cut,
Paste and Undo
Synchronicity
(Pocket PC)
 USB
cable/cradle
 Infrared ports
 Wi-Fi
 Over the Internet
Synchronize to Your Case
Management Program
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Palms and other devices
can be synched to:
Time Matters
Amicus Attorney
Abacus Law
Outlook
Some Healthy Memory
(Palm & Pocket PC)
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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 $$
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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
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Learn to Use FIND
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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)
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Keep your screen
scratch-free
Use screen protectors
(www.writeshield.com)
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Clean screen very well
before applying
Get a Good Stylus or Keyboard
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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
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Thumb Power!
Get a USB Drive
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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)
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First, you need an expansion
device – a card for your PDA
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Presenter-To-Go from Margi – www.margi.com
Second, you need software that
can interpret your slides and
present them
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Pocket Slides from Conduits for Pocket PC –
www.conduits.com
Free Software!
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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.com
 http://www.pocketpcpassion.com
 http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com
 http://www.pocketpcmag.com
 http://www.cewindows.net
Legal Resources at Your Fingertips
www.PALMONE.com
Federal Rules of Evidence
US Constitution
Daily News from newspapers
Viewing a PDF on your PDA
(Palm & Pocket PC)
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Adobe Reader
Take Documents with You
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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)
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“Pocket” versions of the software you know and love
Avoid Getting Lost
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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
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 Infrared,
 Wireless,
or
 Bluetooth connection
www.iscomplete.com
Backup Your Data!
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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
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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
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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 > Startup
 NOT the “Start Menu”
 Delete un-necessary programs
Know Your Competition
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Search the Palm version of Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer finder through your Palm
www.PALMLAW.com
Create your own Custom Database!
(Pocket PC)
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Visual CE from SYWARE
(www.syware.com)
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WYSIWYG editor
Completely customizable
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Impress your friends!
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Upgrade Your Palm Apps
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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
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Simply use ActiveSync to
copy TrueType fonts
from your PC to your
Pocket PC
Windows > Fonts
folders
Combine Critical Functions
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Replace older model cell
phones and Palm Pilots
with a Palm with a builtin phone
Kyocera 7135
Tungsten W Handheld
Handspring Treo
SmartPhone
Windows CE Inbox Transfer
(Pocket PC)
Thank You!
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Carol Schlein
President
Law Office Systems, Montclair NJ
Brett Burney
Legal Practice Support Coordinator
Thomson Hine LLP, Cleveland OH