subject: Shape Business Card Reader For Android, Ios And Blackberry Review - A Must Have Business Application [print this page] If you have the high mobility on your every day schedules or business, you may then want to check out this valuable application that is the SHAPE Business Card Reader for Android, iOS and BlackBerry. By using this application, folks will be able to waste almost no time in putting contacts to their own mobile phone. The following are the overview, features, system requirements, compatibility, positives and negatives of the SHAPE Business Card Reader application.
The application can basically allow users to scan the card and then import the information into your own contacts. When the very first time you launch the SHAPE Business Card Reader application, you will notice that there are 3 main menus on the display that include Take Photo, Select Picture and About. Pick the first menu to capture the card immediately using your smartphone. The application will then immediately populate a new contact page with the accurate information from the card. Of course, you'll experience that there will be some contacts tweaking needed soon after youve scanned the card and entered it into the form. Also, you'll experience that the fax numbers can be misallocated with some other numbers. The second menu will enable user to scan the current photo on the phones memory.
Another useful feature found in SHAPE Business Card Reader app will be the LinkedIn Lookup. When you tap this option, you will be directed to this social network site so that you are able to perform a LinkedIn search of the scanned contact. Then, you will see the search results and you can instantly read the LinkedIn profiles without having to close the application first. If you like to save the link of the profile on address book, simply tap for the Save Link option at the top right side of the display.
The Android version costs $4.99 while the CJK version (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) costs $6.99 and requires OS 2.1 (or up). The iOS version will cost you $4.99 and requires iOS 4.0 (or later) or at least iPhone 3GS. For the older model of iPhone, it will need the macro lenses attachment. The BlackBerry version costs $9.95 and its working with BlackBerry Tour, Curve 8900 series, Storm and Storm 2, Bold 9700, 9780, 9790 and Torch 9810 and 9860. On the other words, this application may need at least the 3.2 megapixels camera with auto-focus feature. This app will also require the fine lighting and ensures that the card fits the screen size.
In general, SHAPE Business Card Reader can be viewed as one of the great business app as it can save your times in adding contacts to your phone. This app also has very easy navigation and the first-time owners won't be confused in working with it. Then again, it's going to be more pleasing if it allows for storing the cards within the application itself instead of only saving contacts in the phones address book.
