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vCard? mecard? hCard?

Is there a de facto standard at this point? I've never personally owned a 'smartphone' -- is there a format that's supported 'out-of-the-box' for either iphone, android or blackberry?

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  • found this discussion from last year. Any thoughts?

Greg
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  • mecard spec has moved, it is now here: http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/service/developer/make/content/barcode/function/application/addressbook/index.html – Michael Teper Jul 31 '13 at 04:01

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hCard is a vcard that supports html in data. Mecard, is a very lite version of vcard. One line with important info. vCard, is a format to exchange contacts data. Allot of version there.

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turns out vCard, although verbose, has the broadest support.

Mecard is a de facto (read: avoid at all costs) standard

Greg
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