By: Aseem Gaurav, april 14, 2011 (New Delhi)
Silicon valley entrepreneur and Xobni co-founder Matt Brezina, has rolled out Postagram, which is a Web and iPhone/iPad app, that lets users send real, physical postcards directly from their iPhne (or from the Web).
Postagram uses the Instagram API and requires that users have an Instagram login and the app installed on their phone. Users with an Instagram account can use Postagram to mail a postcard with a 140-character message (so no longer than a Twitter update) and their image.
For 99 cents, users with an Instagram account can use Postagram to mail a postcard with one of their images. It lets users address, sign and add a message online (or from their phone); Postagram will then mail it to the intended recipient. I think the fee is quite reasonable since it lets you send a photo to someone that too electronically.
Interestingly, if the user don't want to keep the card, they can pop out the photo.
Postagram says the delivery in the US would take 2-5 days, while internationally, it will take much longer.
Although there are many services available on the Internet, which lets users to turn digital images into prints, Postagram hopes its card design and mailing service will set it apart.
Postagram is created by Sincerely, a company newly formed by Matt Brezina, who co-created email app Xobni in a dorm room in 2006, and others. Brezina says his company plans to roll out products for other photo-sharing services and mobile platforms.
Silicon valley entrepreneur and Xobni co-founder Matt Brezina, has rolled out Postagram, which is a Web and iPhone/iPad app, that lets users send real, physical postcards directly from their iPhne (or from the Web).
Postagram uses the Instagram API and requires that users have an Instagram login and the app installed on their phone. Users with an Instagram account can use Postagram to mail a postcard with a 140-character message (so no longer than a Twitter update) and their image.
For 99 cents, users with an Instagram account can use Postagram to mail a postcard with one of their images. It lets users address, sign and add a message online (or from their phone); Postagram will then mail it to the intended recipient. I think the fee is quite reasonable since it lets you send a photo to someone that too electronically.
Interestingly, if the user don't want to keep the card, they can pop out the photo.
Postagram says the delivery in the US would take 2-5 days, while internationally, it will take much longer.
Although there are many services available on the Internet, which lets users to turn digital images into prints, Postagram hopes its card design and mailing service will set it apart.
Postagram is created by Sincerely, a company newly formed by Matt Brezina, who co-created email app Xobni in a dorm room in 2006, and others. Brezina says his company plans to roll out products for other photo-sharing services and mobile platforms.
