Although there is instant messaging, email, phones and the like, many businesses still look to the fax machine for a hard copy carrying a signature. So now the fax is going mobile with an application called iFax for the iPhone from Maplewoods reports idg.no.

iFax for iPhone is an iPhone app that does one thing and apparently does it well whereby you take an image of a document and send it off to whoever you wish. With iFax for iPhone you could scrap your fax machine if you only send faxes and not receive them.

iFax for iPhone utilises the iPhone camera thus you can print off that document, sign it, take a picture with your iPhone and iFax the document to the recipient. iFax for iPhone is available from iTunes and commands a price tag of $15.