Cards

Cards was a greeting card creation app and printing service developed and operated by Apple Inc. Cards was released to the general public as part of iOS 5 on October 12, 2011. The app and service was discontinued on September 10, 2013.Apple cancels Cards greeting card app, suggests iPhoto
==Features==
===Creation===
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Cards allowed users to create cards and obtain them physically. The application offered 21 template designs across six categories, including "Thank You," "Holiday," "Baby," "Birthday," "Love" and "Travel," and allowed users to customize photos and text within the card.Apple - iPhone 4S - From the App Store - Cards Cards used Location integration. Users who chose a Travel design would see the name of their current location displayed on the card. The app also read GPS data from photos, so locations could be displayed even after the photo is taken.Send Real Greeting Cards With Apple's New Cards App - Mac Rumors Cards kept track of each card that a user created in its history. One card could be sent to multiple recipients.
===Shipping===
When finished creating cards, users had the ability to have it created in a physical form and mailed.Apple's app sends shares of card makers tumbling - Yahoo! News Users placed orders using their Apple ID and password and included custom-designed postage if shipped within the United States.Apple announces Cards iOS app | Photography | Macworld Each card was created from 100 percent cotton paper. Notifications appeared on the iOS device that the card was created on once the card had been shipped.
===System requirements===
As of September 2013, the minimum system requirements were:
*iOS 6.0 or later (optimized for the iPhone 5 family)
==References==
==See also==
*Shutterfly, a similar 3rd-party image sharing and printing service.
==External links==
*iPhone - Cards at Apple (archived 2011-10-14)
*Cards at the Apple iTunes Store (archived 2011-10-15, 2013-09-06)
*Cards (iOS) at Wikipedia (archived 2022-07-22)
Category:Discontinued Apple services
Category:Discontinued Apple software
Category:iOS apps
Category:2011 introductions