I really thought that this would be a parody or joke about the ipad. I was sadly mistaken.
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Alucarddrol
It's ridiculous to say that you have abandoned something when it sounds like you didn't even take sides with it in the first place. To me those who choose the Android phones and tablets do so specifically because they want to customize their experience with it and even get the dev kit and make something of their own. After reading the article, I find that you're just another one of these "Oh, look at all the pretty pictures I can take, I'm so media-centric an creative now, I might even get paid for the photos I take with it". This in itself is absurd and, were you telling me this, I would have smacked the thought right out of your empty little head. This smells too much like paid advertising and I don't like it. If it is real, I'd dock you a point (-1) for Bad and inconsistent grammar, (-1) for Spelling Errors, (-2)for saying iphone (An overpriced piece of shit with an environment that's toxic to devs and more recently content publishers) is better than Android, which makes no sense because you compared only the iphone against one android phone, and a bad one at that. I mean, if you're willing to spend that much on an iphone, why didn't you just get a better android phone? And finally, you are docked for supporting apple, which the most bullshit company I've ever laid eyes on and deserves all the bad publicity it gets. (-1) Also, -1 for advertising for apple by not giving a fair comparison of solely the operating systems but the phones. That's a 4/10. All in all, a failing grade for a failing article.
Sorry about the belated reply, but what I meant to say that something tangible will always have a higher value than anything that is intangible. So while the business cards are really a great idea, it's gonna be a bitch to get people to use them. People prefer to have the cards in their hands, each one representing something individual, while E on the other hand represents the combination of all separate information onto one thing. Also, because business cards are physical, people other than those intended are able to find them and create opportunities. Finally, business cards are like the magic rabbit in my black hat of a wallet. I always seem to be able to pull one out that I need at random. It's less likely that I will find the business card of somebody I'm not looking for, if I'm not looking for a business card in the first place. Business cards help me by making sure I have contacts with whomever I want, whether or not I look for them. The only way I can think of this being implemented is if there is a card randomizer that pops up with a random card each time I look at the collection. I'm sorry if this doesn't make much sense and also I hope that this will be read, as I believe it should be taken into consideration.
I could see something with NFC being much more productive than this. Actually have a plastic card, and just scan that sucker to each other's phones. This is an interesting idea but still doesn't really get rid of the paper usage because people like to have something physical.