Enjoying Pre-War Cards Digitally
 

I just upgraded my Blackberry to the new hybrid touchscreen Torch, and I am very happy with it. By far the coolest thing I have done with it is uploaded my entire T206 collection -- card by card, with front and back scans on each file...

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...onto the MiniSD card. Now, when I open the photo album, I can literally flip through my entire collection with my finger, at a faster speed than if I had a stack of T206 cards in my hand. And I do not even need to flip the cards over to see the backs, because the backs are side-by-side with the fronts. Also, the resolution is so good that I can "pinch" the screen in order to magnify the images and see the subtle flaws as well as beauty of each individual card.

I have to say, this technology has really improved my enjoyment of my collection. If nothing else, I was able to bring my BlackBerry to the East Coast National card show this past weekend so that I could see whether I needed certain T206 cards and whether the cards available would be upgrades for me.

Anyone else have any interesting digital ways to enjoy their collections?

I like putting scans of some of my favorite cards on my iphone as well. In SGC slabs, with the size and shape of the iphone, you almost (not quite :p) feel like you're holding the slabbed card in your hand. Pretty cool.

I have most of my collection scanned and uploaded to an ImageEvent site. Recently, I looked at my collection on an iPad and I was amazed at how, like you describe, I can flip through my cards ...

http://imageevent.com/ccmcnutt

Same thing on the iPad here.......if you haven't seen an iPad........go look.........

I had the exact same experience with the SGC slabbed cards, too. The weight and size were almost identical to holding an SGC encapsulated card. Pretty uncanny!

Thanks for all the replies. I have seen an iPad function and it is awe-inspiring. I could only imagine how cool it would look to view a T3 on an iPad!