Meet the new updated PopCompanion for iOS with new smart features for iPhone and iPad

Today Popfax is introducing a new version of its mobile fax app for iPhone and iPad, with a refreshed design that looks and works great on iOS 7, an improved image cropping function and closer integration with native Apple products. The update is also compatible with iOS 6, iOS 5 and iOS 4.

The PopCompanion app for iOS is a handy tool for scanning and faxing documents with an iPhone or iPad to any national or international fax number, or to multiple fax numbers at once.

Popfax has recently updated its mobile fax application, which now supports all Apple devices running iOS from version 4.3 to 7.1.

What’s New in Version 1.5.

• Scanning within native Apple camera interface. iPhone and iPad users can now scan documents in Popcompanion app using the familiar interface of their native Apple camera.


• Connection with Photo Library. The app is now more tightly integrated with other Apple products. Popcompanion 1.5 lets users choose images from their Photo Library and fax them right away.



• Perspective Cropping incorporated in the Popfax mobile app enables users to isolate different planes within an image and crop to correct distortions caused by perspective.


• Improved image Thresholding. As before, Popcompanion offers options for image processing. A major new update is the improved quality of thresholded images.


• Inbox Badge Alert in the menu bar notifies users of incoming faxes. The badge number indicates the number of new unread faxes.
  
  

• Improved graphic design with new icons that match the look of iOS 7.


• Drag-down for manually refreshing the fax listing, to update changes and check for new faxes.


• Offline Mode. The application now allows users to manage faxes and folders, contacts and groups, send faxes and SMS through PopCompanion even without an Internet connection. PopCompanion 1.5 puts actions in a queue, waiting for the next network connection to synchronize. When the user returns online, the PopCompanion mobile application will automatically synchronize with the Popfax account.

Popfax clients both professionals and businesses now have unprecedented access to their faxes, whether they are working in the office or on the road. Popfax goal is more than ever to make fax communication easier and more effective for everyone.
This update can be downloaded from the App Store.
All interested in the PopCompanion app are welcome to let the Popfax team know what they think of the update by writing a comment on our Facebook page, or tweeting @Popfax.

Popfax offers its productivity features for free during the Easter Holidays

Popfax.com – the global provider of unified messaging solutions, is offering its productivity features for free (From 1st - 30th of April).

Recent market surveys show a growing trend of business professionals working remotely, by managing their businesses using cloud based services and mobile devices. Professionals can access and manage their essential documents and communication from any place in the world, while out of the office.

Business managers are adopting mobile devices and unified messaging services as an additional extension of existing communication tools. Mobility, flexibility and cost-efficiency are the core elements that lead to the substitution of traditional communication means by web based services like Internet fax, voice mail, call transfer, conference calls and others. Whether enterprise owners are on a business trip, meeting with partners, or simply on vacation, they can stay in touch with their office anytime and anywhere if an Internet connection is available.

On the occasion of the Easter holidays, business professionals will, most probably, be out of the office for some days. To help them stay in touch with their businesses during these days off, Popfax.com – the global provider of unified messaging solutions, is offering its productivity features for free (From 1st - 30th of April).

The Popfax productivity tools are collected in an “Option Pack” which allows customers to manage their business communication on the move, using the following unified messaging features:

1) Mail to fax – allows users to send faxes via email;
2) Voice mail – create a personalized welcome message and receive messages as audio files attached to an email;
3) Call transfer - forward business calls to a number at which the calls will be answered;
4) Conference calls – organize worldwide phone conferences from anywhere.

Additionally, Popfax customers can download and use, for free, the mobile application “Popcompanion mobile”, compatible with iOS, Android and Blackberry mobile operating systems.

Turn your iPhone into an instant fax machine with Popfax

Following its strategy of expanding online fax services to mobile devices, Popfax.com- the global provider of internet fax services announces the launch of its free faxing application for iPhone.  Popfax now serves most of its customers’ mobile devices.

 

The new application called PopCompanion increases users’ mobility and productivity by providing them the possibility of sending and receiving faxes and managing their Popfax account directly from their iPhone, anywhere and anytime. Simply put, it turns the smart phone into a pocket fax machine, which is very easy to use: no more paper and toner expenses, no more annoying fax machines, just your mobile with professional faxing solutions.

The PopCompanion is much more than a simple application for faxing from a smart phone – it is a complete unified messaging tool with a wide range of features:

- Sending of simple text faxes, browsing the file from a local folder, or sending faxes with a cover page.

- Receiving of an unlimited number of faxes for free.

- Sending SMS’s worldwide.

- Receiving voicemails and personalizing the welcome message.

- Managing the Popfax.com account details and settings.

- Managing the contacts and using both phone and Popfax contacts to send fax messages.

The new PopCompanion for iPhone is available in the Apple App Store. Anyone can try the application by subscribing to the Popfax.com Free Trial offer of 3 days with no obligation to buy.

After you make sure that Popfax mobile app is suitable for your business faxing needs, you can take the next step of choosing one of the plans available at really affordable prices.

About Popfax.com

Popfax.com is a leading global provider of Internet fax services. It allows end-users to send and receive faxes using a web interface, an e-mail client, a desktop client or a printer driver which can be installed on a computer desktop. Integrated to front or back office applications, it allows the carrying out of transactional tasks via fax.

The service is edited by the French incorporated company POPFAX founded by Vladimir Popesco, and has been commercialized since 2006, based on a “software as a service” business model. It is both a solution for individual professionals (SMEs and SoHos) and for corporate customers who use this outsourced solution to meet their faxing needs. It can replace fax server equipment, be used as a mobile fax fleet, or fit into a transactional application.