myCard app for iPhone and iPad
Beam your business card info (vCard) to other people.
myCard was successfully launched at Macworld 2009 and has become one of the most widely used business apps and the most popular vCard exchange program in the App Store.
myCard marks the beginning of the "Missing Apps" series of "Must Have" apps for your iPhone from We-Envision.com.
We set out to develop a contact sharing application that is lightweight, fast, secure, does not require you to create an online account, works without wi-fi, and is extremely easy to use.
Visit our website for a video of myCard in action.
http://www.We-Envision.com/myCard
myCard has two simple methods to quickly and securely share your contact information:
• Beam myCard (iPhone/iPod Touch to iPhone/iPod Touch over the Internet): Used when the receiving device has myCard installed. Tell the recipient a short code to type in, and your card arrives in seconds via secure connection. The recipient can easily return a card in the same step.
• Email myCard (using vCard): Delivers your card as an industry-standard vCard to anyone who does not have myCard (or even an iPhone). The recipient simply adds your vCard attachment to their own address book (whether using iPhone-based email, or practically any other email system, mobile or desktop). You do not even need to have mail set up on your iPhone or iPod Touch for this method to work.
New! - myCard Free, the free companion product to myCard. Its a receive-only app that allows you to accept cards from a full version owner. You can even return your card to a myCard owner, provided the beam is initiated from the paid version. (The free version cannot email a vCard or initiate a transfer.) Just search for myCard Free in the app store.
Features & Benefits – Full Version
• You choose which card to beam and it will remember the last card you sent. This makes it quick and easy to send your card again, with no retyping.
• iPhones can use this anywhere on the cellular network, without wi-fi.
• Select which parts of your card to beam with a simple tap. For instance, leave off personal information such as your mobile phone or notes if you dont want those shared.
• Choose your own "skin" to personalize the application. Simply assign any image/photo in your Photo Album (for example, download a fun image from an iPhone wallpaper site) or choose a different color background to show off your personality.
• Secure and simple pass-code interface to protect your information during the transfer. Beam mode uses end-to-end SSL/TLS encryption. Email is uploaded using SSL/TLS.
• Seamless integration with the standard Contacts app interface makes myCard familiar and easy to use. Just select which card is yours (or the one you want to send) and beam it.
• Card can include any photo or image attached to your contact card.
• Preview and approve before sending. Edit, or add a note while receiving.
We strongly encourage any feedback to help us improve our software; just use the support link below. We are constantly improving and updating each application with fixes and feature enhancements. For more information about myCard, We-Envision.com and our other iPhone applications, please visit our web site.
Please Note - many of the negative reviews posted on the App Store are out of date (we hope Apple finds a way to remedy this), as we have responded to issues immediately and have addressed all reported bugs and concerns.
Privacy Note - We do not keep any records of who you are beaming your vCard to. We also do not keep any personal information unless you decide to register your copy of the app.
Pros and cons of myCard app for iPhone and iPad
myCard app good for
One of the things I missed with the iPhone was the ability to beam an address to someone I just met. Now this is possible, and as a result, this application will be in a coveted spot on page 1 of my applications. I have tried it several times, and it always works great. Neither I nor the recipient is bothered by the advertising that comes with the beamed address. The only thing I would add is the ability to access the iPhones address book when e-mailing the card to someone else. Otherwise, it is great.
This app does exactly what it claims to do. I used it at MacWorld to trade biz cards with several people. I was really wishing I could beam my card to someone, and voila! Thanks to Open Door!
I cant count the number of times I follow up a phone call by sending my contact info in an email. With myCard I can do that with just a few taps. Besides sending a vCard attachment of my card, I can "beam" it directly to another iPhone user running myCard. A big improvement over IR beam on old devices, as I can select which parts to send, and because its Internet based, you dont need proximity to make it work. Im not sure what the price will be after Mac World, but I would definitely buy it and recommend it.
Set up my info within 2 min
Picked a skin off the web
Emailed a card to myself
Email contained:
brief explanation of a vcard
one line saying it was sent with myCard containing a link
and the vcard
The advertising was very minimal
Worth a couple bucks, free was great!
6 stars ******
This app is great. It does exactly what it claims to do. Dont believe the negative reviews, it works.
This application is the best --- For the ablility to send Business Cards just in case you forget or run out business cards during presentations or client meeting or networking. You never have to worry running of business cards. One Option I would like to see if it would be possible to INCLUDE A SMALL COMMENT informing the receipiant why the contact info was sent. NOT A NOTE SECTION. Otherwise, Excellent Applicaiton for 99 Cents. Saves a lot of money on printing business cards.
Some bad moments
I was able to successfully send a single contact using both wi-fi and phone network. A few niggling issues: sends contact as vcard only - no option to send as text; sends a single contact only - no multiple contact selection; requires manual entry of destination email address - no contacts look-up; escapes "," i.e. dialing pauses, with a "" in phone numbers, but does not remove them in final vCard; text accompanying emailed contact (potentially) incorrectly references contact as "my contact information" when in fact it could be anyones; selection of contact fields to send is on a seperate page to contact detail - it would be a better user experience if they were integrated on the same page i.e. in preview.
Lack of features, lack of people who have myCard, why would anyone pay to buy this thing?
It would be alright if it was free, but I would still prefer pen and paper.
I do realize that this app is free. Still, I am not one to do the advertising for the company.
I tried this and sent the email to myself. The result was a 6 sentence email.
The first 2 sentences explain the attached file is a vCard that can imported, cool so far.
The other 4 describe the app, the developer and their 25 iPhone apps. Plus, there is a link to view the developers apps. The cloud background is also not needed in business.
I thought it might be cool in a setting where I dont have a real card to be able to send a vCard. The ability to select what data gets sent is a great idea too. But, I wont send a prospective client or contact an unexpected ad. That is by all definitions SPAM.
Let me edit the content or remove background and ad, or charge for it. Personally I would use an app like this too little to pay for it but I would give it a much higher rating anyway.
I have yet to get the app to work ... it crashes immediately as i try to assign my contact information as a business card.... and, now after reading a couple of the other reviews, that the app advertises itself as a part of the vcard being sent... this will immediately be deleted... its not my job to market Open Door Networks
Its a useless app, sends spam out and crashes. I prefer a beam program that actually works. Dont waste your time with this one.
Even though this was free, I want a refund for the time I spent installing and trying out this junk. It crashes every time I pick a contact to be my card. The alternative desktop option resets every time you open the app. Did these people even test the app before they shipped it?
