New York and CTIA — March 23, 2010 — ScanBiz Mobile Solutions today announced it has become the best selling, most installed business card scanner application for the iPhone in the U.S. market. Users install a combination of the paid premium and free, “try-before-you-buy” Lite version of the app 1400 times per day, more than 10 times the number of downloads of other business card scanning applications. Sales of the premium app have outpaced rivals on a daily basis by 30 percent for the past three weeks due to customers converting their Lite versions to paid premium applications, sales which are not taken into account by the App Store ranking.
ScanBizCards is the first business card reader application designed specifically for the networked web, with a host of features that turns your iPhone 3Gs into a powerful contact relationship management device. Simply snapping a picture of a business card effortlessly adds that information to your contacts, helps you act upon follow-up items and instantly connects you to friends, colleagues, partners and prospects through multiple web and mobile channels.
ScanBizCards (iTunes links: Lite & $5.99) not only performs quick, accurate scanning of biz cards, but also empowers the user with ability to instantly send a pre-configured introductory follow-up email, connect with the new contact on LinkedIn directly from the app, schedule a calendar reminder for additional follow up which can then sync to desktop calendars. And, in case you need a colleague back at the office to send a media kit, white paper or presentation, the user can forward the contact’s vcard along with the scanned card image to that person by email.
ScanBizCards also facilitates future connections by allowing the user to tap the fields on the actual card image to call the contact, text them, email the person or go to their web site. Card images are organized in custom folders and can be browsed in a 3-dimensional cover flow view. ScanBizCards doesn't just save you time, it makes you more productive.
Unlike other business card reader apps, ScanBizCards includes features usually reserved for large, expensive enterprise CRM applications. Built specifically for today’s socially networked web, ScanBizCards turns business cards (or any image) into opportunities by putting a powerful mobile contact, social networking and calendar management system in the palm of your hand.
“We’ve been tracking our premium sales and free Lite version downloads together for the past two months, ever since the Lite version became available on the App Store. Although contacts are the lifeblood of most business people, especially those in sales, we’ve found that people like to try these applications before committing their money, which accounts for our phenomenal download rates,” said Patrick Questembert, Co-founder, ScanBiz Mobile Solutions. “We’re the only business card scanner vendor to let anyone enjoy this benefit for free; if you have our Lite version, you do not have to ever convert to the paid app—many people stick with the free version and are perfectly happy. Many more do make the jump to the premium app because they quickly realize how powerful ScanBizCards is to their management of contacts and ability to make the most of interactions with new people. ScanBizCards captures actionable data on the spot, connects you to untapped networks and holds your feet to the fire for deliverables to ensure your success.”
Availability: Version 2.55 Now
Price: $5.99
Where: iPhone App Store and our site, www.scanbizcards.com
About ScanBiz Mobile Solutions
ScanBiz Mobile Solutions is a 3 person company based in New York. We love the iPhone and its development environment for all of the implications it has as a consumer device. With the release of the iPhone 3GS in June 2009, we felt that the increased processor speed and better camera finally delivered a platform able to do more - faster - with images, right on the device itself. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is one of the tasks now possible on the iPhone.
ScanBizCards Business Card Reader for the iPhone 3GS, specifically targets text recognition on business cards, enabling business professionals to use that text on the spot in many powerful ways.