Contact "beaming"

[faroed]

I've had a couple of Palm OS devices and using IR or Bluetooth, I've exchanged contact details with other PDAs (including Windoze mobile devices).

As far as I can tell, this is not a feature on the iPhone. I reckon it would be a nice feature to add that I've not seen on any wish-list so far.

On my Palm T5, I can press and hold the contacts button and it beams my contact details. Nice.

Maybe this feature will be available by the time the iPhone makes it to Australia!

faroed

 

[MacbookSwitcher]

You bring up a very good point. Of all the gripes, such as lack of 3G, no video recording and no MMS, for me personally I would have liked to see IR on the device, or perhaps bluetooth beaming of contacts. This is something I actually used.

 

[skubish]

sorry I never used that feature on my palm.

 

[faroed]

...and another thing...

Not that I do this with my Palm but it would also be nice to beam* other stuff like photos, PDFs, etc. Of course, I guess it could always be sent via e-mail but it seems a bit excessive if the devices are right next to each other.


faroed

*I'll refrain from using the term "squirt" here.

 

[iSaint]

It would seem Bluetooth would be the best way of exchanging information such as business cards. I hope Apple opens it up with a file sharing option.

 

[wongulous]

Simple solution.

Email yourself from your home computer a vCard file (.vcf) from Address Book (...or Outlook), and keep it on the iPhone's email; forward it to anyone who needs it.

 

[/dev/toaster]

Has anyone ever used that feature, besides screwing around with friends ? In all the Palm devices I have had, I have never once used it in a real setting. Then again, I am tech guy not a sales guy.

 

[diamond.g]

Has anyone ever used that feature, besides screwing around with friends ? In all the Palm devices I have had, I have never once used it in a real setting. Then again, I am tech guy not a sales guy.

My wife and I used to do it to keep certain contacts in sync (mutual friends, parents, etc).

 

[vansouza]

Once

I used it once when a business buddy got his first Palm TX... not before not since... Business cards are way faster.