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Text recognition experts from ABBYY launched version 4.0 of their Business Card Reader app for iPhone. Aside from the “standard” ability to transfer the contact data from business cards to the iPhone address book, the updated version allows users to upload recognized photos of business cards to the new CardHolder archive, making the images searchable (by first and last name, company and photo creation date). Moreover, the contact fields of the scanned business cards are also “clickable” so you can dial a phone number, send an email or activate any link directly from the image with a single touch.
In addition, this release also allows tracking of the communication history of business contacts, while keeping seldom used contact data in a separate location.
Finally, the application now recognizes text in Korean, bringing the total number of supported languages to 20, including both monolingual and multilingual business cards.
ABBYY Business Card Reader 4.0 is available in multiple interface languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian…
ABBYY Business Card Reader ($4.99) [iTunes link]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
