On the other hand, there are a few problems with Dub. For starters, there are not many people using the software. While I believe that it will grow in the future, any and all startups start quite slowly, and gradually build their base. Dub is no different, but that actually harms the application. While I can get and send contact info — which is changeable — to fellow Dub users, most people I get in contact with will not have the application. How am I supposed to get rid of business cards if most of my clients still use them, and have yet to update. While this is not their fault, until more people jump on the Dub bandwagon, it will be hard to replace business cards with new technology.
Another thing that I am concerned about is the fact that I can only have one profile. I am a writer for Blogcritics, a blogger, a sportwriter, an intern, a student, and a campaign worker. With five jobs, each with corresponding contact information, how am I supposed to fit them all on this application? Dub only has space for one URL, one e-mail, etc. and so it is not that conducive for people with multiple contact needs, and anything like that. I hope that DubMeNow is able to come up with multi-profile method that allows you to have information for all of your different needs. This would further the application, and make it much more useful.
Overall, I believe that Dub is a nice step towards modernizing our business communications. By linking with everything that we use, making it easy, and ensuring that updates are quick and automatic, Dub is striving to create a brand new niche for itself. I really like the application, and only have a few concerns about it; hopefully DubMeNow will be able to fix my concerns shortly. I believe that any and all business people should get Dub on their smart phones and use it instead of business cards. This saves the environment and makes life so much easier. Due to the ease of use, the automatic updates, and the integration into everyday life, I believe that Dub is a highly important application that you should grab today.
Dub is available for free from the iPhone app store and is also available on most smart phones in America.
Article comments
1 - Chris Hopkinson
Thanks for the great review and checking out DUB. We're excited to see so many people using. We're also in the process of some updates that will hopefully solve some of your concerns.
1. Text of your contact info and a vCard will go out with every invite
2. Multi-profiles
3. Additional contact fields (for twitter, blog, etc.)
4. Ability to send LinkedIn invite
These new features will be out at the end of April.
You can get my contact info by sending an invite to Chris (my ID).
Cheers!
Chris Hopkinson
DubMeNow
2 - Robert M. Barga
Hey Chris, thanks for the quick comments
I really think that multi-profiles are essential for this application, as they make sure i can cover all of my different info (and I have a ton)
that said, do you know the rough number of users at this point?