Bump – Fist Bump To Swap Contact Information with Other iPhone Users
I ‘ve often found some of the simplest iPhone apps to be amongst the best iPhone apps. Bump is another good example of this. The app ‘s sole purpose is to help you very quickly exchange contact information with other iPhone users, by just bumping hands.
I got a chance to try Bump out today, and it works very well.
Using Bump is very easy, as it should be with a simple, single-purpose app. Setup takes very little time. You simply choose between creating a new contact which will be the one used for information exchange, or suing an existing one from your Address Book. I already had a contact entry for myself, so it took me less than a minute.
You can choose which elements of your contact info to share when using Bump “ with a simple tap letting you toggle On or Off the inclusion of your phone number, photo, email address, physical / street address, and the entire Contact card.
The app works on the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch “ and will soon be coming to ‘many other devices ‘. It also works over any network connection “ EDGE, 3G, or WiFi.
It ‘s a free app, so I had it installed and setup prior to meeting up with a friend for lunch today. We talked about a bit when we first sat down, and we were both interested in testing it out “ so he quickly installed it and set his up as well. Then we both launched the app on our phones, waited a few seconds for it to recognize that it had a 3G network connection, and then bumped fists quickly. First time round, we were too lame on the fist bump, barely making contact. Second time we got it right and each of us instantly got a confirmation request, asking us to verify that we wanted to share contact info with the other. We accepted those messages and boom, the entries were added to our address books.
Bump was also clever enough to recognize that each of us already had an existing contact in the Address Book for the other, and prompted as to whether we wanted to ‘merge ‘ the entries. We both said yes, and ended up with updated contact info for each other.
The only glitch we had was that I asked for my home address info not to be shared, but it was. This may have been user error though “ I ‘ll test some more soon.
The app looks great though. It would be super useful at meetings, seminars, conferences, or any sort of events where you meet a lot of people in a short space of time and want a quick way to get their information. If this gets widely adopted among mobile devices, it could eliminate or sharply reduce the need for collecting of / scanning of business cards.
Bump is in the App Store now, and is a free app.
I was wondering how do I exchange a different contact to another bump user ?
Oh, good question – I've never tried that yet when testing it. Sorry.
I am very new to iphone and today at a Christmas gathering I was shown and downloaded the bump app, when I bumped with this person I hadn't realised quite how it worked and ended up bumping with the option on for my entire contact card being bumped to their phone. I have no idea just what this means – can this person now read emails or text messages that I have on my phone and that I receive in the future? I do feel a bit worried and silly for not having been more on the ball with it all. Could someone let me know just what I have let this person have and does it mean they can enter my emails or texts etc. thanks
So it sounds like what happened is you ended up sharing your entire contact list with this person. Some answers and suggestions for you:
– There is no reason that this person should be able to access anything directly on your phone.
– But … if your contacts include an entry that reveals your own email accounts login information, then of course this other person would now have the ability to access your account/s on their own device or PC. So the question is did you have any contact entries that list your login info for email accounts or elsewhere.
– I think the key question in terms of what you do next is how well do you know the person you bumped with? Do you trust them? If you know them well and trust them A LOT, then the simplest thing might be to just ask them to please remove ALL the information you accidentally shared.
– If you do not know the person and trust them a lot, then I would suggest you start changing any passwords that were contained in your Contacts.
– You would also need to give a great deal of thought o how you handle the fact that information for all of your contacts has been shared to this person. How much info did you have for others? Do you need to inform them that their information has been compromised?
Hi, this is David, co-founder of Bump Technologies.
Don't Worry! All you did was share *your own* contact information with the person. You didn't share any details other than what you have entered in your Contacts for yourself. For most people, these are name, phone number, email, etc.
To be sure that you didn't share any sensitive information, just open Bump and click on the settings button, then click "view/edit" to see exactly what details you have entered into your contact card.
Please email us at support@bumptechnologies.com with any other questions.
I notice your location is in the BUMP HISTORY of the other person you are bumping with.How long does it stay and can that person follow your location or vice versa.I dont know cause I dont have the new version(of Bump) on my Droid.However the person I bumped with notice when we bumped and got alarmed and so did I about the location on the google map immediately and felt a little exposed. Please respond
Me with my iPod touch, and my buddy with his Droid just used this app and were able to exchange data without issue! Actually, it took a couple tries, but in the end it worked like a charm!
Good stuff.
when Bump someone, does the person im dumping with need this app aswell?
Lol – I think you mean bumping with not dumping
And yes, both of you need to be running the app.
If I bumped with someone but decided to uninstall bump would that person still have all my info because I bumped with him even though I no longer have it