We all have stories of forgotten birthdays, upset spouses / partners, a mix-up in the date of key anniversary dates, and many more. They line our personal wall of shame. 

Not much sympathy or joy being shared, in any sense. The naughty corner for you.

We have a nifty little feature in the app that allows you to set reminders for birthdays. And also just to say ‘hello’. Or ‘I miss you’. And you never, ever, will be put back in that corner. Well, not unless you want to.

How to set a reminder

• ·         Just log in on web, Android device, iPad or iPhone.
• ·         Go to Address book and select the contact you want to set reminder for.
• ·         Set a birthday reminder, or timely reminders just to stay in touch.

Once you have set a reminder, we will send you a gentle email just in time for you to be a fabulous and dutiful friend. Goody two shoes - that's you, for not forgetting anyone's birthday this year. 

Heading out to a sunny paradise this summer? We can imagine all the fun you will be having in your summer holiday. Golden beaches; pina colada; lazy hours in the sun.

But does your postcard back home make your friends ‘wish they were here’ too?

With Touchnote you can send great postcards when you are on holiday straight from your iPhone, iPad or from your Android phone.  Here are some tips for posting a beautiful postcard with Touchnote.

Humour Does It

For years postcards have showcased the work of independent photographers and artists. A personalized postcard can show off your cool phoneography. And a wacky sense of humour.

Sun and Smiles

So if it rains on your vacation, think of it as an excuse for your poetic license.

Nightlife photos, the awesome indoor hotel pool. We prefer to detract attention away from the sunless sky by smiling – and showing off those pearly whites.

Love Effects

Photo apps inspire the inner hipster.  Pop art, comic art, sketch effect, watercolour, collage and more. A few clicks – and your holiday postcards are drawing major lolz from your friends.

Guaranteed, your best friends will definitely want to stick you on their fridge. How generous of you. 

How to send a holiday postcard with Touchnote

1. Download the Touchnote Postcards app for iPhone, iPad or Android.  You can also send postcards directly from our website.

2. Choose your a great photo using the tips above

3. Add a nice message and address

4. Voila.  We will take care of the rest and send it to anywhere in the world.  Worldwide postage is included in the price.   

It’s summer! No really.

Amidst the rain and thunderstorms of central London, we’re preparing for a summer holiday.

Holidays take planning, and being developers of software we’ve meticulously created our requirements for the beach. There are all the normal essentials:

    - the deck shoes
    - the ray bans
    - the crash diet
    - the all-over body wax
    - the twenty minute pre-tan

And now there’s a new addition, the must-not-be-forgotten updated Touchnote app for iPhone.

Just in time for summer, we’ve released a new version of our app that makes sending a postcard from the beach easier than unfolding a deckchair. Much, much easier.

The new app means that you can:

    - enhance your holiday snaps with Hipstamatic or Instagram and send them using Touchnote
    - create cards offline on the beach to send later when you’re online
    - show where you’ve been with the option to include a Google map on the back of the card
    - send a postcard to many friends in one shot

There are some other improvements too. But they just make the app faster, more attractive and easier to use.

The app works on all iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads with iOS v3.2 and above. Try it today…

Perhaps it’s too early in the relationship to speak of love, but they certainly like us. Since Saturday the Touchnote app (for mobiles and tablets) has been featured on Android Market.

As one of our team put it, “OMG! It’s like winning an oscar” (it was a developer who said this, so I might have mis-remembered whether he actually began by gushing “OMG!” like a youthful LA starlet).

Following his enthused utterance, we pulled on our finest frocks, rolled out a Touchnote blue carpet, wrote a rambling acceptance speech and waited for the paparazzi. We’re still waiting. Not that there have been many idle moments. We’re working overtime to print and post the vast number of postcards that have been ordered from new Android users.

If you’d like to try the Android app that everyone’s making an understated fuss about, head to Android Market. The latest version makes ordering your postcard much faster and works on Honeycomb tablets, such as the snazzy new models being released by HTC and Samsung.

HP webOS users (or Palm, if you’re old fashioned) gather round and listen up: we’ve got something that you’re going to love. Not only is Touchnote now available for HP webOS phones, but better still the first 50,000 postcards are free. Free! FREE!

You can download this miracle of modern technology from the App Catalog on your phone or on the web.

The initial user reviews of the new app have been fantastic. We’re slightly incredulous every time we sneak a peek at the App Catalog. Honestly, we didn’t make these reviews up or pay anyone. Here’s a sample, and there are plenty more.

SeanC “Postcards are <rude word deleted> unbelievable. Best app ever!“

WongM “I would drop all other apps if I could just have this one!“

KathleenD “I would recommend it to anyone.“

DarrellS “I love this app.“

Anonymous “I think this charges I’m not very happy” [Ooh, let's put a smile on the anonymous doubter's face. We say it again: it's free!]

For those of you that don’t know Touchnote, our HP webOS is pretty much the same as all our other apps. You select a photo and then simply select (or enter) a contact, and add a message. Touchnote then prints and posts the physical postcard. The usual fees (to cover printing and postage) are being sponsored by HP for the first 50,000 postcards delivered using the webOS app.

If a new app and free cards isn’t enough, the postcards that Touchnote will send for HP webOS users include a patent-pending feature that enables the recipient to easily thank the sender.

As our esteemed CEO, that’s Raam, put it: “We know that people love receiving photos as postcards; we also want to be sure that postcard senders get to know that their postcards were received and appreciated. Touchnote adds a unique url to every postcard sent from an HP webOS phone. This url allows the recipient to view a digital version of their postcard and send a thank you email without ever needing to know the sender’s email address.” Snappily put, Raam.

Why are you still reading this blog? Shouldn’t you be downloading the app?

We’re absolutely delighted to announce a new partnership with Buckingham Palace that will consign the customary 100^th birthday telegram to history. From this week, all centenarians will receive a personalised postcard, with a photo of the Queen, ordered from the Queen’s mobile phone.

Here’s the press release we issued earlier today:

The Queen’s spokesman, the Hon. Reginald Isner, said, “This partnership demonstrates that Her Majesty is in touch with modern trends and is not afraid to reinvent traditions. Her Majesty is extremely interested in technology and is an avid follower of Stephen Fry on Twitter. She has downloaded a number of popular apps to the royal smartphone, including Angry Birds, foursquare as well as Touchnote. She loves being able to send personalised postcards and the fact that they cost only £1.49 has gone down extremely well with the Queen’s Treasurer in these difficult financial times. Her Majesty is aware that her views carry great weight and doesn’t want to publicly support only one of the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 or HP WebOS platforms. Fortunately, as the Touchnote app is available on all of these platforms, she can remain impartial.”

Raam Thakrar, CEO of Touchnote, said, “we are extremely excited about this announcement. The Queen is the ultimate British brand and we are proud to help the Palace in any way possible. We will start showing the Royal Warrant in our apps, on our products and on the Touchnote website from next week.”

If you’re approaching your hundredth birthday, look out for the Royal postcard.

Never mind mobile phones and tablets, how about an Android-powered cake? Mmmmmmm. What an amazing spongey creation!

And there was a reason for this marvellous cake. Though sallow in significance alongside our baked droid, we have released a beautiful new version of the Touchnote app (for Android phones).

You can download our new app from the Android Marketplace. Give it a go. Let us know what you think. We’re hoping that you’ll say the interface and photo editing are fun, the payments with PayPal and credit cards are super easy and the new postbox concept (that saves cards and sends them when you next have a connection) is ingenious. That’s what we’re hoping.

If you do have any comments, ideas or (heaven forfend) find a bug, let us know via android@touchnote.com.