Indifax is a recently launched service that convert your mobile phone to a scanner/copier as well as fax machine (well almost!).
Once you register (one needs to pay $10), you can transfer picture stored in your mobile phone to Indifax (need to email them, i.e. GPRS mandatory). The service will convert the picture in print quality (one can also store these pics in Indifax’s online account) and can send to different devices.
While sending the docs, one can specify sender’s email id and Indifax will send the doc (as an attachment). Mobile recipients will receive a SMS link to get the printable copy of the document (i.e. GPRS needed).
What’s the right use case Indifax serves?
- If you directly want to send email – you can do the same via your GPRS?
- For other use cases, products like Mocodile, Qipit serves exactly the same purpose (and a lot more)
Indifax can probably get a good deal with corporates (esp with sales force), but I really don’t see any major consumer uptick.
What’s your opinion?
doesn’t make any sense…
reminds me of mydunia….
Man..you mean I send them email (via gprs) so that they fwd it to somebdy else (and I pay just for finetuning the image (if they do)…what crap idea..
u need gprs both ways – yes, enterprise will use it..but limited set.
all the best to these guys..hope they succeed.
A better service would be to provide fax service on the cell phone. Once registered on the provider’s website with my cell number, when somebody sends a fax document to my cell number, this site collects it on my behalf and either sends the document to my cell phone as MMS or makes it available at my account on the website as an attachment (for people not willing to use GPRS). This will need involvement of mobile operator though.
Not sure if any such service is available right now. If it exists, I guess SME will be willing to pay to use it, provided it is cheaper than getting a regular fax machine and fax service.