How does tap to share business info work?

[Nick@Daydot]

I went to a networking event today and most people exchanging information were using physical business cards.

Even so I thought it a good idea to set up the ability to share my contact details by tapping phones. I have an iPhone. I can set up my own contact details in contacts, and then there's a 'share' button with Airdrop as an option, so presumably this is what I do to share with another iPhone.

After much googling I can't find definitive information on whether this works between iPhone and Android and vice-versa.

Can anyone advise?

thanks

 

[WaveJumper]

Pretty sure from memory you have to send the contact card via SMS messaging

Just found this if it helps

How to share your Android or iOS contact card via MMS

There's an easy way to zap your contact info to just about any Android or iOS user, and you don't need any exotic apps or wireless technology to do it.

www.pcworld.com

 

[Nick@Daydot]

Pretty sure from memory you have to send the contact card via SMS messaging

Just found this if it helps

How to share your Android or iOS contact card via MMS

There's an easy way to zap your contact info to just about any Android or iOS user, and you don't need any exotic apps or wireless technology to do it.

www.pcworld.com

Thanks - but that is 8 years old and I'd expect things to have moved on. Maybe they haven't.

 

[fisicx]

Tap to share only works with the same type of device.

 

[Nico Albrecht]

iPhone and Android and vice-versa.

It's a non-starter since airdrop necessitates an Apple ID. In my professional view, anyone with a shred of common sense and more than 3 brain cells would deactivate airdrop entirely, prioritizing security and privacy. The inherent design flaws in airdrop and hardware make it susceptible to attacks, Android being relatively more resilient in comparison.

The same holds true for tapping devices to share data; the security risks far outweigh the convenience factor.

A viable alternative would be utilizing a QR code as a virtual business card or vCard. A single well-crafted metal card with a QR code can effectively facilitate cross-platform exchange of your business details.

 

[Nick@Daydot]

Thanks all for the comments.

 

[BusterBloodvessel]

For me (call me old school) I think there's something else to consider. If you airdrop/tap/SMS me your contact details at a networking event or exhibition etc, it's going to go in my phone somewhere in the hundreds of contacts that I've got in the mix with the ones I use 10 times a day and the phone numbers of people at college from 15 years ago that have probably been out of service for a decade. Then I'm going to forget all about it.

With a physical business card it's going to go in my pocket, it'll come out on my desk, or sit on the kitchen side, Ill stare at it multiple times before I do anything with it, potentially grab it at some point and scribble something on the back of it and use it as a post-it, I might then pin it to the board beside me if I know I do want to speak to you again, or put it in my little pile of physical paperwork "to do"...

Alright I might be exaggerating a bit (and maybe I should be more organised! ) but you know what it's like at these kind of events, you think at the time you will remember every contact and opportunity but never do - a physical card, for me, is much likely to float around and get followed up.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

You can sign up to a digital business card service which will work with NFC or sites (bespoke or Linkedin) where you can share details via a QR code.

Linkedin also allows you to share details via bluetooth!

 

[Newchodge]

You can sign up to a digital business card service which will work with NFC or sites (bespoke or Linkedin) where you can share details via a QR code.

Linkedin also allows you to share details via bluetooth!

But only if you use linkedin

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

But only if you use linkedin

Yes, I should have been a little more specific.

The web sites, via QR codes, take you to an info page or just contact details where you can download data or, possibly a vcf file to import o yu contacts