Appy Christmas cards

 
13 December 2012

These days we're all too busy firing off a tweet every five seconds or Instagramming our meals and pets to sit down and post out cards to far-flung acquaintances. And let’s be honest, an e-card isn’t really a card: it’s an email. With videos.

But luckily, as with most problems, there’s an app for that. Several, in fact, which make and send cards for you at just the touch of a button.

The big players in the market are Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, both of whose annoying jingles are forever stuck in my head. Their apps offer funny and “funky” card templates which you can customise with messages and photos snapped on your smartphone.

Unsurprisingly both offer special Christmas templates — Santaman anyone?

If you want something a bit more casual, then Bypost allows you to fire off a holiday postcard for only 99p, compared with the £2.99 plus postage Moonpig charges for cards.

Finally, if you don’t fancy laboriously typing out addresses, app Touchnote lets you post Christmas cards to Facebook friends with a simple click of a button. Just select them on your friends list and Touchnote will message them asking for their address.

But hurry, the Royal Mail’s cut-off date for second-class delivery is the 19th.

Whichever way you look at it, there’s no excuse to leave Grandma in the dark this year

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