When the iPhone 3GS was released earlier this year, I broke down and purchased one. It has turned out to be one of my favorite technology purchases and I've found it incredibly useful for business.
I act as outside general counsel for a number of e-commerce businesses (the companies I represent range from small start ups to some of the largest and most established companies in the industry) and my practice entails both counseling and litigation, so I'm often out of the office (or out of town) in court when my clients need to reach me. My iPhone lets me stay in contact with my clients wherever I am and acts as a secondary computer when I'm away from my laptop. With my iPhone, I can obviously call, email, text, and IM my clients and colleagues but I can also review and edit documents, research legal issues, track my billable time, and make travel arrangements. (There is, as they say, an app for that. Well, not one app to perform all of those tasks, but several.)
Now that I've used my iPhone for several months, I thought it might be helpful to post about a few of the iPhone apps that I regularly use in my law practice:
