Windows Phone Thoughts: Keeping Your Identity (and Everything Else) Safe Using Spb Wallet 1.0

Creating New Cards
Spb has made creation of new cards very easy, with over 60 standard card templates provided in a wide variety of personal information areas – from finance to insurance to dining. Again, the visual aspects of the templates are well designed and very pleasing to the eye.


Figure 13: Some of the card templates available (screenshot from the desktop version – the same templates are available in the PPC version). The neat thing about having so many templates is that they remind you of things you probably should be storing in your wallet.

Be careful when selecting a template for your new card though. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the template after it has been selected and the card has been created (e.g. if you selected the wrong one). To change the look, you have to delete the card and start over. I've talked to Spb Software about this, and we may see a 'change template' feature in the next version of Spb Wallet.

Once you've selected a template, the application reverts to the View tab of the new card to show what the card initially looks like.


Figure 14: Initial view of a new card

Then, you select the General tab to input the name of the new card.


Figure 15: Naming the new card.

And then tap on the Fields tab to input information about the facility, account, etc.


Figure 16: Information fields associated with your favorite restaurant.


Figure 17: You can also provide additional notes on the facility (favorite waiter, expected tips, best table, etc.) and, via the Attachments tab, add a copy of the menu!.