Fax Technology Refuses To Die
from the still-going... dept
Despite the rapid rise of digital technologies for communicating, the fax machine is still a major part of business communications. I still have a fax machine next to my desk. It's still easier for handling documents that require signatures and it's a one-step process rather than the two steps of "scan and email" that the article suggest is a better process. If scanners include an "email this to" function that somehow communicates with your email client, then I could finally stop using the fax machine. However, many companies still give out fax numbers rather than an email address you can send a document to. In fact, as the article points out, fax numbers still receive prominent placement on corporate documents and business cards.
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I don't use a MAPI complaint email client so I never actually used the feature.
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Scanning Issues
Maybe that's a new product idea! A scan "thin client". A scanner with an LCD display with keypad that takes sender's and receiver's email adderess then scans and sends. No royalities necessary if anyone develop's this, just let me be the beta tester.
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