I put a simple image on my homescreen with a QR code of my contact details some time ago. One thing I like to do when somebody asks me for my details is just show them the image and tell them to point their iphone camera at it. On Android, use Google Lense. The look on their faces when the phone offers to save the contact is priceless.
Apple only added this feature fairly recently. So, people are mostly unaware of how convenient QR codes can be. Most people I do this to are completely unaware their phone can do this and it beats having to fumble with apps and mobile keyboards trying to figure out email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
If you are interested; just google for qr code generator and contact and you will find dozens of sites offering that. There are plenty of libraries for generating QR codes client and server side. You can download them as pdf, png, svg, etc. I puth the document on my Google drive and created a short cut on my android phone.
Really cool idea. I used Qrafter[1] to make a QR code from my contact. Uploaded the image to Google Drive, then dragged a GDrive widget onto my home screen on my Android phone for quick access to the QR code.
Even cooler, on Sunday made friends with someone just back from teaching English in China, and at lunch we're exchanging phone numbers and I go, "Wait a minute..." and opened up the image.
She scanned it and immediately demanded to know how I'd done it. Thanks for the tip! :)
Apple only added this feature fairly recently. So, people are mostly unaware of how convenient QR codes can be. Most people I do this to are completely unaware their phone can do this and it beats having to fumble with apps and mobile keyboards trying to figure out email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
If you are interested; just google for qr code generator and contact and you will find dozens of sites offering that. There are plenty of libraries for generating QR codes client and server side. You can download them as pdf, png, svg, etc. I puth the document on my Google drive and created a short cut on my android phone.