Send paper postcards from your cell phone

You know, some people still use snail mail. It’s probably not best for important things — hell, I still feel a bit weary sending back my Netflix movies. But it’s still nice for sending things like postcards, which don’t necessarily have to be timely, and are a nice little gesture. So a service called Wish You Were Here (we’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year) allows you to send out postcards right from your cell phone.

It’ll cost you a bit more than a traditional postcard: $1.99. But you can personalize it with your own text and photos. The process is to text WYWH to shortcode 69626. You can then send your picture to WYWH.mobi. Visiting a mobile web site is the final step. It’s here that you’ll be able to enter your text and send your postcard.

This sounds like a far better idea than buying a postcard at a gift shop. Yeah, it might cost a bit more, but it’s much more personal than buying some generic snapshot.

The service is currently available on AT&T, Sprint, CellularOne, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile. More carriers are expected to sign on soon.

[Imaging Insider]

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One Response

1. Alex Says
   

   I’m suprised at how disorganized this systems is if this would be more organized I’ll problably used it more (don’t ya think)

   
   Posted on April 10th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

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