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Hi, this is Rob with VentanaMedia, I´m going to review the Inkly Cards App.
Inkly Cards App, is a free iOS app that allows you to send a handwritten card via Snail Mail.
Let´s see how it works.
When you first open the app, it wants the ability to send you Push Notifications. Push
Notifications is information that the app will send you, even if the app is not running.
If you allow Push Notifications now, you can later change it in your iOS device settings.
I´m going to allow.
It says here 3 steps, One. Choose a card. Two. Write a message. Three. They print and
send via snail mail.
Well, this is oversimplifying the steps. Theres a little bit more than this as you are going
to see.
Alright, lets press the get started button.
It gives you a message that you can swipe to see more cards.
On the top there is a drop down box to choose cards from different occasions, there are
currently around 500 different cards.
Any Occasion, Featured Cards, Birthday, Funny Birthday, Christmas, Anniversary, Thinking
of you, and Congratulations.
I´ll choose Birthday.
They have many different cards under this category. I´m going to go back and choose......
this one. The one with the cupcake.
Then you see this message to swipe to see inside. Tap on it to make it go away. Go away.
The price of this card is on the lower left. It is $3.99.
On the lower right is an Information button, tap it and it gives you information on who
designed this card and other cards in other categories designed by this designer. Every
time a card is purchased, a percentage of the sale is given to the artist who created
the design.
Lets go back.
Lets open the card. On the left side, inside the card is the cupcake and on the right side
is where your message will be.
Lets tap to add our message.
Then this window pops up. Its going to walk us through on how to add our hand written
image. Press the I´m Ready Button.
Step 1. Grap a blank piece of paper and pen.
Got it.
Step 2. Fold it in half to look like a card.
OK.
Step 3. Write your message on the front.
OK. I´m done.
Step 4. Take a photo of our message. Press the Open Camera Button.
I´m using the iPad. I have a shadow on half my page, but I´m going to take the photo
anyway to see what happens.
Theres my image. On the lower left you have the choice to retake the image. Just in case
it was blurry. Or on the lower right is the use button. I´m going to use this image.
In this step you can crop around the message.
When finished, in the upper right hand corner is the next button.
In this step, you can position your message by dragging, pinch zooming or rotating.
Press the Position it Button.
OK, that looks good. We´re done. Press the done button.
Now it is time to enter the name and address of the person who will receive this card.
They have many different countries from all over the world where you can send your card.
This info button you can check the estimated delivery times for different parts of the
world. So you really need to plan in advance, if you want to send a card.
After you have entered the recipient´s name and address, its time to enter my name and
email address. Press the next button.
Your name and email address are required fields.
After you have your information enter, press next.
This is the order summary. This card is going to cost me $3.99 plus postage of 50 cents
for a total of $4.49. If you have a Promo Code you can enter it here. The recipient´s
details, with name and address is below. I´m sending this to VentanaMedia in the United
States.
Now it is time to pay. Press the Make Payment and Send Button.
You can pay by Credit Card or Pay Pal.
OK. That´s it. I´m going to stop here. Now you know how to use the Inkly Card App.
Upcoming features to this app will include Facebook integration, address book integration
and an Android version.
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