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by ahsanhilal 5228 days ago
This app fails to do anything innovative in my opinion, as the fact that you have to hand your phone to a stranger and ask them to add their details illustrates. How is that better than just using the contacts app on your phone?

I think Cardflick is a much better solution. It is still not optimal, but definitely a better solution than Evernote's hello:

http://cardflick.co/

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It would be cool if they implemented a QR style code that would work out as such:

1) I have evernote Hello and create my profile. You do the same on your device.

2) We meet and each snap a picture of our QR-like codes generated by the app.

3) Data is imported into our devices and we go on our merry way. It's like bump, but using a QR code.

Downsides: both of you would need the app, but if it saved a lot of typing a networking event I could see it being really popular. Why make someone type their details more than once?

Doesnt Bump basically do the same thing with the QR code?