Just about every business professional carries a small stash of business cards. The business card originated as a calling card several centuries ago.
Before cell phones, email and even land lines, visitors would drop by your home – or business – announcing themselves with a small card. Today those
little cards provide vital information for business contacts. However, how many people actually keep the card once the information is transferred into
their smart phone or Outlook? And when you leave a job, you're left with a box of cards that get tossed in the trash. It's such a waste of paper as
well as adding to overflowing landfills. The creators of the Poken Spark – a portable digital business card – had these issues in mind when they created their clever device.
The Poken Spark is smaller than a paper business card but lets you store information for up to sixty-four contacts as well as social network
affiliation information. Currently, the largest market for the Poken Spark device is trade shows where individuals are connecting with many people.
Just touch two Pokens together, and you've swapped contact information. You can later export these details to Outlook or a similar program. After
creating and registering an online Poken account, you can choose to share as much or as little information about yourself as desired. An infinite
number of Pokens can be linked to one account. If you think that you're going to miss the customization that comes with a traditional business card,
don't fret. The removable body of the Poken Spark comes in a variety of colorful, fun designs as well as limited edition creations. And it's so darn
cute! However, if its cuteness is a deal killer for, don't worry. The newest Poken – the Poken Pulse – has a
sleek design that appeals to business executives who don't want to look like they're walking around with one of their preschool daughter's toys. Better
yet, its on-board 2G flash memory lets you store 100+ contacts as well as files. Still small and portable, the Poken Pulse resembles a money clip that
you can keep in your pocket, attach to a keychain and or wear around your neck.
The Poken Spark is $19.95 if purchased individually from one of many Poken resellers throughout the world.
You can also purchase packs of twelve directly from Poken.com for $239.40. The Poken Pulse is available for
purchase for $34.95. Both are plug and play and come with a replaceable battery and USB connector.
