Majority of us when given a business card exchange pleasantries then tuck the card away in our wallet or other form of business card holder never to be seen again. This is exactly what I do which I find a complete waist and not a smart way in todays times to file contact information. So, I thought I would try out a few business card scanner apps for the iPhone. The best I found after reviewing a number of different apps was WorldCard Mobile. The app is extremely easy to use and recognises the various aspects of the business card with great accuracy.

To scan a new card to your iPhone/iPods contacts is simple:

1. From the main screen press the icon

2. A listing of tips to increase the accuracy is displayed. Press OK to continue or Don’t Show Again to not be notified of these tips in future

3. At this point you can simply line up the business card within the guidelines and press the button to capture the card. However, a great feature included in this app is the Anti-Shake Mode capture. Line up the card within the guidelines, press the button and the app will wait until the camera is steady enough to take an accurate snapshot of the card.

4. Once a snapshot of the card has been taken, simply click the Recognize button and the app will scan the acquired image for contact information

5. A new contact record will be displayed containing the acquired information from the card snapshot. Add to or edit this information as required then press the Export button to create a new contact in your iPhone/iPods contact list

There are a number of business card scanner apps in the App Store but personally I found the speed and accuracy of WorldCard Mobile exceeded that of the other apps that I compared.