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Forwarding Contacts via iPhone
On iPhone, why can't I forward a contact record as an email or a text? I have this issue weekly. Someone asks me "what was the name of your dentist/lawyer/plumber/accountant/hair stylist/breeder again? I have to open my address book, take out a pen, write the info down and email or text it from my phone rather than clicking on a contact and clicking a button that says something like "email contact info" or "SMS contact to..." etc.
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Inappropriate?I agree this feature to forward a contact would be very useful.
However, in the meantime , here's a workaround I use which is slightly easier than writing things out by hand. Though it relies on email not SMS.
-go to the contact details and select the contact so that the details take up the full screen.
- use the iPhone screen capture facility (press home button with power button) to automatically capture the details to your photo roll as a JPEG
- enter the photos application and then you can email the picture you just took of the contact details page to your friend (by tapping on the picture to bring up the email photo dialogue)
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awesome work around! thanks for the tip. apple needs to figure out a way to make this iphone work like every other basic phone in the world or it's going to lose business people who need these functions to conduct business everyday. it's the coolest device i've ever seen, but i've been paralized by it's lack of basic features like cut and paste. i really love the phone and i hope they figure out a way to get these features or i'll have to go back to blackberry -
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Inappropriate?I am amazed that iphone does not support texting contacts. It's something that even the most basic phones have been able to do for years.
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Inappropriate?In the same way, the iPhone could send your personal card to someone else. When we meet someone, have a talk, and the "gimme your phone number" goes out. Gasp ! "Do you have a pen?"...
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?Perhaps one of these might help? I just bought vCardMailer, Email Contact and Send Contact to check them out. I'll come back and let you know how it went. -
Inappropriate?There are workarounds, but what we ARE waiting for is someone from Apple acknowledging the problem and saying they're working on it. Yeah I know, not going to happen.
I’m sick of this company even though I love their products
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This isn't really an official Apple support forum. It's more of a community effort with 14 Apple employees (of various levels in the company) that stop by every now and then, so you probably won't get any acknowledgement from Apple here.
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Yes James, I know. That's part of the problem. Apple has official support forums but ultimately, they are no more than user communities with little to no feedback from Apple. The fact that we end up coming here to vent our frustration speaks volumes about their official support. This is more of a rant than any actual hope that they might take a hint and talk to their customers.
