Virtual Business Card Android Mobile Application (vCard)

• Main Author: Roslan, Ahmad Azwan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS 2012
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6259/1/vCard_11859_Dissertation.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6259/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Business card is one of the simple ways to market an individual not only during business occasion but in any formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. In the business perspective, in order to appeal and stand out from the competitors, business card will reflect and give the first good impression of the person, company and their services by highlighting the info embedded inside the business card. It can be seen as one of the effective marketing strategy as well as improve the legitimacy of the company itself. With the vast development of mobile industry and mobile application, virtual business cards are starting to appear and they bring a lot of advantages over a traditional business card. Hence, this project aims to develop a mobile application Android based that can generate a virtual business for any individuals that use business card in any formal and informal introduction and other occasions. The purposes of this project are to increase the mobility of business card by convert it into a mobile application and in the same time reduce the usage of printed paper. Apart from that, to expand the capabilities of this new virtual business card, it will be integrated with Global Positioning System (GPS) and sync with the social network application inside the mobile device. This project will be using Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodology because of the flexibility in term of time and process of development which is very suitable to develop an application in a limited of time.