If you’re an attorney, chances are you’re electronically connected to the outside world via a smartphone; most likely a BlackBerry or an iPhone. This makes sense. It allows you to get your email, make calls, see your calendar, see your to-do list, and even sync all these with your firm’s server. In addition to these capabilities, these phones can also run applications, or Apps, which provide even more functionality. We will talk about the iPhone and its possibilities here.
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Top Ten iPhone Apps for Lawyers 
Black’s Law Dictionary is available and easily searchable on the iPhone with this app.
DaysFrom Date Calculator is one of those apps that is worth it’s $0.99 price tag many times over. Whether you are counting 20 or 100 days, backwards or forwards, this app can do it and do it quickly.
FRCP is one of the many apps created by Cliff Maier which provides the text in an easy to access form (here, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure). Whether you need to have access to the laws or rules of evidence, patents, bankruptcy, securities, or even specific state procedures, Cliff Maier has become the authoritative source. Just search for Cliff Maier in the AppStore or search for the specific document you are looking for. The prices vary from $0.99 to $14.99, but are usually available for less than $5.
QuickOffice is a document editing app that allows you to edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents. The iPhone can view many different file types, but it lacks editing capabilities. This is where QuickOffice comes in. Although you won’t be able to create award-winning spreadsheets with this app, it does allow for quick edits.
Google is the world’s favorite search engine. As such, they have made it that much better by creating an app with voice search.
Wikipanion is the extension of Wikipedia for the iPhone. With it, you can perform the same searches you would have performed sitting in front of a computer.
Other Suggested iPhone Apps
Layer is an augmented reality (AR) app which lets you overlay all kinds of information onto a live camera view of the world around you.
AirSharing is a great app for storing, transporting and viewing documents on the go. It uses the iPhone’s flash memory via Wi-Fi for communication with other devices. The regular version is $5, while the Pro is $10.
Evernote is one of those apps that lawyers either completely embrace or don’t use at all. This app allows you to input and organize notes in whatever form, whether it is text, photograph, or voice recording. Each input allows for tags for easy indexing. Best of all, it syncs with the program on your computer so it is quickly available from either location.
LogMeIn Ignition – Have you ever left the office, only to find that the document you needed is still sitting on the desktop of your computer. With this app, you can log into your computer and do pretty much anything you could do had you been sitting right in front of it. Although the app does run at $29.99, it is worth it that one time you really need it.
Pageonce Personal Assistant is organization app that allows you to track banking, credit card transactions, investment accounts, cell minutes, itineraries, rewards programs and the like, all through one interface.
OpenTable brings the great features of the online service to the iPhone. It allows you to view restaurants by categories, name or location and make reservations online or provide the contact info to call. Great for last minute plans or multi-tasking while on the go.
NPR is no longer just a radio service. With this app, you can stream live feeds from pretty much any NPR station as well as get content on demand. It also comes with text news and offline reading. This free app is a life-saver for the NPR-junkie on-the-go.
