BizBeam - Beaming Made Easy

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=67430' target='_blank'>http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...productId=67430</a><br /><br /></div>"Ever wanted to beam your business card to someone, but didn't because it was too cumbersome? Think about all the steps needed to beam a contact from your Pocket PC:<br /><br />Tap Start > Contacts, then scroll up and down your list of dozens of contacts until you find the one you wish to beam. Tap and hold it, then aim correctly at the target device, select the right item from the popup menu and so on. Now imagine you wanted to beam another contact card, maybe someone from your marketing or business development team. Once again, you're fumbling, squinting, scrolling, and tapping to find that one card. How tedious! You would much rather just hand over a traditional paper business card, thus defeating one of the great purposes of having an expensive digital device like a Pocket PC.<br /><br />Until now that is! Introducing BizBeam, the fastest and easiest way to beam pre-selected business cards without any fumbling or tapping around. Beam contacts right from your Today screen. You don't even need to pull out the stylus - just use your thumb to quickly beam a primary and secondary business card any time you want.<br /><br />BizBeam also allows you to pre-select a document or file you may wish to beam - a photo, a map, a spreadsheet, directions, memos, sound recordings, an mp3 - whatever! Keep it handy, and when you find someone who needs it, one tap and it's beamed! BizBeam is that tiny essential utility you don't want to be stuck without - at your next convention, meeting, beam-fest, social gathering, around the office or in public!"<br /><br /><img src="http://www.handango.com/include/pictures/82511/bizbeamanim.gif" />

[ianbjor]

Isn't there a way to do this on PocketPC without requiring additional software? On palm you could hold down the addressbook button for some period of time and it would auto-beam your business card.

[Jason Dunn]

Isn't there a way to do this on PocketPC without requiring additional software? On palm you could hold down the addressbook button for some period of time and it would auto-beam your business card.

The first paragraph I quoted above describes the process - there's no hardware button to do this on the Pocket PC, you have to follow the steps outlined above. Probably fine for most people, but if you attend a lot of meetings where you need to beam things, this is a very simple, but very powerful tool. I love niche solutions like this...the developer told me he actually ran out of business cards one day and this program was born as a result. A need breeds creativity - I love it!

[Sven Johannsen]

If they reduced the size of the icons on the today screen plugin, I'd like this more. For all the stuff I want on my front page I need a 1440 x 240 screen (that would probably fit in one of my old slide rule holsters :) ).

I wonder about the utility of a set document to send. A link to a file dialog with one click beaming might be more useful.

[Fitch]

I'm sad that people have stopped advertising that their product only supports PPC2002. What about those 3 of us whose connection port is broken and can't ever upgrade? :cry:

[mscdex]

Since when did Seth Green have a PocketPC (or even a business card)? :lol:

[mel]

I'm sad that people have stopped advertising that their product only supports PPC2002. What about those 3 of us whose connection port is broken and can't ever upgrade? :cry:

Hi Fitch - BizBeam supports all Pocket PCs, not just those with the 2002 OS. Specifically it was tested on a Jornada 548 and iPAQ 3600. Did you have any trouble running it on a device?

[MooseMaster]

A program like Software Action Control would be much easier. Just set a hardware button to the application and if you held the button down longer then 500ms then it would send your business card, less than it would open address book.

[Jason Dunn]

A program like Software Action Control would be much easier. Just set a hardware button to the application and if you held the button down longer then 500ms then it would send your business card, less than it would open address book.

Maybe, but without a UI, how would you do more than one option? I like the ability to beam a document, app, etc. I can see using this to beam small CAB files. :mrgreen:

[lurch]

A program like Software Action Control would be much easier. Just set a hardware button to the application and if you held the button down longer then 500ms then it would send your business card, less than it would open address book.
Or if you've already got one app that uses that functionality, they would conflict (for instance, right now I can adjust volume and display settings by holding down my buttons)
I'd rather have the today screen app, but with smaller buttons..

[drop]

If they reduced the size of the icons on the today screen plugin, I'd like this more. For all the stuff I want on my front page I need a 1440 x 240 screen (that would probably fit in one of my old slide rule holsters :) ).


I emailed Two Peaks about that and got a response right away!


Thanks, a number of people have suggested this and we will probably release an upgrade shortly, which will allow you to select a smaller set of icons for the Today screen.

Best Regards,

Customer Support
Two Peaks Software
www.twopeaks.com

[Diane Dumas]

An option for Large and Small icons would be great. I'd also like to see an option to label them with some text. Since my Today screen is getting filling up quickly, perhaps the ability to make the text small, medium, or large, would be nice too!


If they reduced the size of the icons on the today screen plugin, I'd like this more. For all the stuff I want on my front page I need a 1440 x 240 screen (that would probably fit in one of my old slide rule holsters :) ).


I emailed Two Peaks about that and got a response right away!


Thanks, a number of people have suggested this and we will probably release an upgrade shortly, which will allow you to select a smaller set of icons for the Today screen.

Best Regards,

Customer Support
Two Peaks Software
www.twopeaks.com

[bbarker]

I love BizBeam. I've long wanted that feature and this app does it in only about 75K. Very nice and very easy.

[thenikjones]

Just got an email for Two Peaks who also developed FlexWallet (bought after seeing it discussed on this site a few months back). As a recent customer I can have the app for $1.50 instead of $4.95. I doubt I'll use it much, but will buy it in appreciation of this example of customer service!