I am a collector of legal materials and love to have things close at hand. With the iPad, we can now have thousands of pages, not only close at hand, but actually in one hand.
There are certainly a number of ways to get this done, here is one way I have tried and found it easy and convenient enough to share with you.
This plan involves two apps:
1. GoodReader
This app is a place to store and read files of all types, I use it for PDF, but it will take MS Office files, video and even audio. You can transfer files to GoodReader using Wi-Fi, download them from the Internet, from email attachments or connect to a popular server.
I chose the last option and used Dropbox to load up the iPad with cases and statutes. As you can see from the screen shots, GoodReader also connects to Mobile Me and Google Docs.
2. Dropbox
After reading a post by Ben Stevens at the Mac Lawyer on Dropbox I wanted to check it out. Dropbox is a way of sharing files across computers and devices and also makes them available online. It's just like Mobile Me's iDisk but I think the sync is better...
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