While you're on holiday, have you ever been wanted to send your friend or family a picture or postcard from your iPhone? I mean, a real, physical postcard or printed photo.

An on-demand printing company, Amazing Mail, which has integrated two iPhone apps, Postino (free) and PicCard (99 cents) into its service, will print your cards on high-quality paper, and send them worldwide.

Both offer the ability to print and send physical copies of photographs taken on your iPhone, priced at between 99 cents and $1.99, depending on where you’re shipping to...

Postino is a good example of how the service can work. You snap a picture with the iPhone camera, select a frame, draw an accompanying message or signature, and enter the address details of the recipient. The app can also send cards via email, if you’d prefer not to pay for the physical service.

[via the Apple Blog]