Terry
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Last week Luminous Landscape reviewed (highlighted is a better description) Bill Atkinson's new Photo Card iPhone app.
It allows you to send a hardcopy postcard to someone through the regular mail straight from your iPhone. You can also send an electronic version that includes the ability to add a voice message.
I bought the App and gave the hard copy mailed postcard a try. Sent one to me and one to my mother. She called me today and said wow, wow, wow this is fantastic. I also got the one I sent to myself. If you are sending them by mail, you buy credits and it takes 2 credits to send within the US and I believe 3 credits to anyplace else in the world. Two credits is about $1.50 to $2.00 (if you buy more credits they get less expensive). Considering the postage and you would be buying a postcard, this cost doesn't seem bad to me.
The cards are approximately 5 1/2" by 8" (much larger than I expected).
You can use photos that you shot directly on your iPhone or other photos in one of your picture galleries on the iPhone. The tip given at LuLa was to email yourself the picture and save the emailed files to your iphone - which apparently gives you higher resolution. The cards are also laminated.
In this age of electronic everything, I still find it nice when I get a real postcard in the mail from friends when they travel - now it can be your picture. Think about it, this way is completely hassle free, no need to find stamps (you actually pick your own stamp design), especially when traveling abroad. The addresses are automatically linked from your iPhone address book.
All in all, I am very impressed and glad I bought the app ($4.99) - it wasn't noted when I bought the app but my first printed postcard was free as a trial effectively cutting the cost of the App. I will definitely use it not only when I travel but even just to say hello to friends with an interesting shot that they can touch and feel.
Here is the link back to LuLa with screen shots
http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/photocard.shtml
terry
It allows you to send a hardcopy postcard to someone through the regular mail straight from your iPhone. You can also send an electronic version that includes the ability to add a voice message.
I bought the App and gave the hard copy mailed postcard a try. Sent one to me and one to my mother. She called me today and said wow, wow, wow this is fantastic. I also got the one I sent to myself. If you are sending them by mail, you buy credits and it takes 2 credits to send within the US and I believe 3 credits to anyplace else in the world. Two credits is about $1.50 to $2.00 (if you buy more credits they get less expensive). Considering the postage and you would be buying a postcard, this cost doesn't seem bad to me.
The cards are approximately 5 1/2" by 8" (much larger than I expected).
You can use photos that you shot directly on your iPhone or other photos in one of your picture galleries on the iPhone. The tip given at LuLa was to email yourself the picture and save the emailed files to your iphone - which apparently gives you higher resolution. The cards are also laminated.
In this age of electronic everything, I still find it nice when I get a real postcard in the mail from friends when they travel - now it can be your picture. Think about it, this way is completely hassle free, no need to find stamps (you actually pick your own stamp design), especially when traveling abroad. The addresses are automatically linked from your iPhone address book.
All in all, I am very impressed and glad I bought the app ($4.99) - it wasn't noted when I bought the app but my first printed postcard was free as a trial effectively cutting the cost of the App. I will definitely use it not only when I travel but even just to say hello to friends with an interesting shot that they can touch and feel.
Here is the link back to LuLa with screen shots
http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/photocard.shtml
terry
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