How to send and receive faxes with iPhone using the Popfax mobile site or mobile fax application

In the first quarter of 2013, over 10% of the world’s web traffic originated from iPhones. Millions of people who are using iPhone have been very satisfied with all the things that they can do with their phone, including sending and receiving documents by fax.

If you have to send a fax right away, there are two easy ways to do it with an iPhone: 

•      Internet Fax Mobile Website

·         Your iPhone must have an internet connection.

·         You have to sign up for an internet fax service. You can subscribe to the internet fax provided by Popfax right from your iPhone.

·         Access m.popfax.com via your iPhone browser without any downloads or installations required.

·         Choose the Send & Receive Fax subscription with a dedicated fax number provided or try sending and receiving faxes online for free.

·         Login to your account at m.popfax.com from your iPhone.

·         Take picture of the document that should be sent by fax.

·         Save the scanned document on your iPhone with one of proposed extensions (*pdf, *doc, *jpg, *gif, etc.).

·         Enter the destination fax number(s).

·         Send the fax.

·         After sending your fax you receive a report informing you if your transmission was successful or, in case of any problems, the type of transmission error. You can see the status and the copy of your transmissions at any time in the “Outbox” of your Popfax.com account. A transmission journal is available for review under the “History” tab of your account.

•   Internet Fax Application for iPhone

·         Install Popcompanion Fax App from iTunes (your iPhone must have an internet connection).

·         Create a Popfax account or sign in to your existing account.

·         Choose the Send & Receive Fax subscription with a dedicated fax number provided, or try sending and receiving faxes online for free.

·         Scan the pages of the document one after the other with your iPhone camera.

·         The integrated image processor in Popcompanion adjusts the photo and converts it into a faxable black & white document.

·         As soon as you have taken a picture, you can rotate it 90 degrees, adjust the page size by dragging the document margins and approve it for sending.

·         Send the resulting assembled document to your fax correspondent.

·         You will receive a notification of delivery. You can see the status and the copy of your fax transmissions at any time in the “Outbox” of your Popfax account.

If you have to receive a fax urgently, follow these steps to receive faxes with an iPhone:

·         Access the mobile fax website m.popfax.com or install Popcompanion mobile fax application from iTunes.

·         Subscribe to Send & Receive Fax package with a dedicated fax number provided by Popfax.

·         Give the dedicated fax number that you received from Popfax to the fax sender. Ask them to send the fax as they normally would.

·         Find your fax in your Popfax account. It can be accessed at m.popfax.com, in the Popcompanion application, or in the email box linked to your Popfax account.

Video tutorial How to send and receive faxes with iPhone

The mobile fax technology used by Popfax.com is much faster than traditional paper fax machines. It saves time and increases the productivity of unified document communications. Once created, a Popfax account can be accessed from various Internet-enabled devices – PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone – giving absolute freedom to choose what device to fax from.
The clear and simple tariff plans are both for those who want to send and receive faxes with their own fax number and for those who only need to send faxes. Fax sending cost is 0.05 EUR/page.

You have a great opportunity to test the all-inclusive Popfax service with a fax number provided for free, and with no credit card details requested. The subscription to the Free Fax Trial in several clicks allows you to send up to 4 fax pages and to receive an unlimited number of faxes.  

If you extend the Free Trial you will keep the fax number provided for the test.

A global presence, with localized identically tailored packages, at an optimal price point and a low internal cost structure, make it possible for Popfax.com to provide a better service than other e-fax services for at least a half, and sometimes up to a quarter of the price. “Virtual fax numbers” are provided in 23 countries, services are available in 20 languages, professional support is delivered in 7 languages, and customers can use the “call me back” option to connect with the customer care department.
The Internet fax solutions provided by Popfax integrate with any Cloud-based or mobile-enabled enterprise application, thus providing companies with a powerful fax tool for instant access to unified document communications.
 

For various business needs, Popfax offers profitable discount-based Partner program and Affiliate program.

Popfax mobile fax website has been updated!

Popfax has announced the update of fully featured mobile fax website, which allows to perform any faxing operation with a smartphone, from subscribing to online fax services, getting local fax numbers, to sending/receiving faxes and adding fax credits and options on the move. 

Everything that can be mobile, becomes mobile! The world of communication is progressively moving over to mobile devices, and fax technology therefore, is following the trend, allowing to scan and send important documents by fax with an iPhone or Android-based device on the go.

With upgraded fully-featured mobile fax from Popfax all smartphone users can:

• subscribe to the internet fax service provided by Popfax right from an internet-enabled mobile device, by choosing the all-inclusive Send & Receive offer with a dedicated fax number offered or ported to Popfax, or by taking the Send Only pack with no fax number attached.


• try the Popfax service for free  from a smart phone.


• use any payment method available on Popfax.com to extend packages, options, sending credits from the mobile site. Mobile payments at m.popfax.com are highly secured and offer users a high level of confidence.

The Popfax mobile fax with a user-friendly interface in several languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Romanian) is easy-to-use and includes a simplified design and all available productivity fax tools:

• Faxing documents of various extensions (*pdf, *doc, *jpg, *gif, etc.), previously saved on the mobile device and/or captured with the phone camera;
• Storing and managing sent/received faxes, SMS’s, voice mails;
• Customizing cover-pages for outbound faxes;
• Providing OCR in all received faxes;
• Grouping of all contacts.

The Internet Fax Mobile Site is instantly accessible to users via a browser across a wide range of devices and does not require any downloads or installations.

Freedom from phone-line connected fax machines and freedom to perform any faxing operation from a smartphone are both very good reasons to change for the wireless mobile fax provided by Popfax. Gain mobility NOW!

Scan and fax application for smartphones

In the first months of 2013, over 15% of world web traffic originated from smartphones. For app-addicted smartphone users, Popfax has developed the Popcompanion mobile fax app for iPhone and Android-based devices, which allows for the easy scanning and faxing of any document (single-page or multipage) with a smart phone/tablet.

Popcompanion application is worth adding to your app library: use it to scan & fax documents, notes and receipts with your smartphone camera.

Download the scan and fax application from iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry Marketplace NOW!

Fax is mobile with Popfax!

Internet Fax solutions provided by Popfax integrate with any Cloud-based professional application

Popfax provides the Internet Fax tool integration with all existing e-Business and professional critical applications, allowing users to fax directly from SAP, E-Commerce, CRM, ERP, etc. To accommodate the daily faxing needs of corporations, Popfax offers 2 free APIs (SOAP and SMTP) and a virtual printer driver in the Windows environment for faxing from any business application, thus providing companies with a powerful Internet-enabled fax solution.

New business models are automating, unifying and digitizing methods of communication with customers, merchants and partners. In many respects, with 130 million fax devices connected worldwide, fax remains an important means of exchanging business documents. By being able to easily combine the simple power of fax technology by Popfax with SAP, or with other CRM, ERP and e-Commerce software platforms, every company can have instant access to unified document communications for their e-business strategy.

The online fax service Popfax.com provides technology agnostic solutions (SOAP, SMTP, print to fax driver) compatible with ALL existing professional applications: subscribe to the service and, in a matter of minutes, you can integrate the fax function into your software and fax purchase orders, invoices, account statements (and others) directly from an SAP system or CRM platform.

How to integrate the Internet Fax Service to a business critical application?

To accommodate the daily faxing needs of corporations, Popfax provides 2 free APIs SOAP and SMTP (e-mail) for a variety of business applications. Documents from your application are sent through Popfax servers to the fax destination numbers. The faxes incoming to your dedicated numbers are routed by Popfax to your company CRM, SAP or other e-commerce system.

Powerful Enterprise Fax Solution

With Popfax Internet Fax Service you can:

• Send faxes directly from SAP modules, CRM directories, e-commerce systems, ERP platforms, etc.
• Include  cover pages, signatures etc. in outbound faxes
• Personalize documents for each recipient
• Certify the fax content using the “Registered fax” patented system
• Receive faxes within your enterprise critical application to fax numbers provided by Popfax or that you have previously ported to Popfax
• Receive notifications on each fax delivery
• Perform faxmailing to multiple users

Does your e-business application need to send and receive faxes and manage your business fax workflow?

Popfax guarantees the quality and good compatibility of the SOAP and SMTP APIs: tens of thousands of active runtimes of the Pop Companion and the Popfax printer driver run smoothly every day. This is because we have long experience with SOAP and SMTP APIs integration. The Popfax support team is at your service during local business hours.

Advantages of e-faxing integration with a company SAP or CRM software:

• Unified communication with suppliers: you can instantly forward incoming orders to merchants and vendors, including those who are not e-Business or Internet enabled;
• Quicker and easier communication of sales department with customers: the sales personnel can respond faster to customers’ orders and send invoices by fax without inconveniences related to the use of standard fax-machines;
• Easier management of fax communication: all sent and received faxes (as well as notifications on fax delivery) can be attached to specific customers, merchants, banks or partners;
• Efficient fax mailing directly from your back-office tool, etc.