The app seems like it could evolve into a personal CRM, which is obviously a seemingly promising idea. Really not a fan of the look though (Fisher Price UI design trend).
Just the other day I was telling a friend how the main CRM-like functionality I'm missing in my private life, is a way designate friends that I want to stay in contact with, and then nudge me if more than X days had gone by where I hadn't been in contact with a given person (via any of the chat or call apps I use).
This isn't a very good way to critique an idea. People got by just fine before the internet, email, personal computers, cellphones... but they find them indispensable now that they have them.
Seems like the company Color: I have this product already on my Mac, and in combo with an iPhone, all of the described functionality and more. All the work is done locally, none in the cloud, which is what I want.
Personal CRMs like this don't seem like a huge market.
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At the risk of sounding like a shill, how I have all the functionality described in the article:
(I assume android users already have the functionality described in this article as they only support gmail)
On the iphone, the contacts app automatically scans for phone numbers, mail addresses etc in your mail and messages (I get a message from an unknown number and messages says it thinks it's from "foo" as an email from "foo" included that number in its signature block). I hope the M1 means that this kind of functionality will migrate back to the Mac soon.
And on the Mac I use BusyContacts which aggregates the info for a given person X into a single address book entry. It connects to a bunch of address book services (unfortunately LinkedIn and FB seem removed their APIs a couple of years ago). When you look at someone's card you also see recent messages and email from them in a sidebar.
I am the only person I know of who has bothered to add a third party contacts manager, not that this is the kind of issue that comes up in conversation.
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[ 8.1 ms ] story [ 50.9 ms ] threadIf this is the case, I’ll keep searching on for one because ... privacy.
Heck, I don’t even let Signal app touch my contact address book either.
So, a lot of people have disorganized contacts, but they get by with it just fine?
Feels true for me. I wish I could organize my contacts, but I dont think I will pay for it, or even use a free app.
This product feels like a meh proposition.
I still need an invite to see the product though.
Personal CRMs like this don't seem like a huge market.
=== At the risk of sounding like a shill, how I have all the functionality described in the article:
(I assume android users already have the functionality described in this article as they only support gmail)
On the iphone, the contacts app automatically scans for phone numbers, mail addresses etc in your mail and messages (I get a message from an unknown number and messages says it thinks it's from "foo" as an email from "foo" included that number in its signature block). I hope the M1 means that this kind of functionality will migrate back to the Mac soon.
And on the Mac I use BusyContacts which aggregates the info for a given person X into a single address book entry. It connects to a bunch of address book services (unfortunately LinkedIn and FB seem removed their APIs a couple of years ago). When you look at someone's card you also see recent messages and email from them in a sidebar.
I am the only person I know of who has bothered to add a third party contacts manager, not that this is the kind of issue that comes up in conversation.
Unfortunately it's too late to edit the comment.
Interesting to see if they can somehow make the digital contact book relevant again.