Information Technology Reference
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Early handhelds from Palm included an infrared receiver that would let
two Palm-wielding people “beam” contact information to each other.
Not only was it incredibly geeky, it was extremely useful. In just a few
seconds, one person's full contact information was in the other's contacts
list. That was before devices were networked; now, we just bounce the
same information out to the Internet and into someone's email inbox. To
share a record from your Contacts list, do the following:
1.
Locate the contact within the list and open it.
2.
Tap the Share button. A new outgoing email address appears, contain-
ing a vCard file attachment that can be imported into most contact
software.
3.
Enter the email address of the person who will receive the contact.
4.
Type a title in the Subject line (leaving the field blank could prevent or
delay its delivery).
5.
Tap the Send button.
If you're on the receiving end of a shared contact, you can easily add
someone's vCard to the Contacts list.
1.
In the Mail app, locate the email message that includes the .vcf file
attachment.
2.
Tap the attachment to view the contact information (
Figure 10.15
,
on the next page).
3.
Tap either the Create New Content button or the Add to Existing
Contact button to transfer the information to the Contacts app.
