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Show HN: Aqua, the Networking App

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Re: Show HN: Aqua, the Networking App

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Wasn't IR phone transfer and then later bluetooth supposed to allow two people who just met to interchange electronic business cards that filled in a contacts entry? I saw this many times in marketing blurbs. I wonder if they ever became popular. I still see paper business cards but no one has every offered to electronically exchange cards.

Re: Show HN: Aqua, the Networking App

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Wasn't IR phone transfer and then later bluetooth supposed to allow two people who just met to interchange electronic business cards that filled in a contacts entry? I saw this many times in marketing blurbs. I wonder if they ever became popular. I still see paper business cards but no one has every offered to electronically exchange cards.

The problem with all these things is that they require both people to have it, which just doesn't happen. Paper cards have the unique property of being transferable one-way, which Aqua achieves by using email.

Re: Show HN: Aqua, the Networking App

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I don't understand what is this thing with business cards.

Landing page needs improvement. I suggest checking out the site on mobile, people seem to get it better there.

No, the landing page is quite clear, and the app seems very nice and actually useful -- for people who use these cards. My problem is just with the cards themselves.