Comments on: Reading barcodes on your BlackBerry

By: rudi

rudi — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:52:29 +0000

i have a bb storm.. and it works for me… so for u storm users.. take a better look at ur phone… coz it has the application on it to scan it..

By: Tim Maclennan

Tim Maclennan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:14:30 +0000

Scanlife uses the auto – focus and supports most barcode formats. You do however need to use the camera button

Also if you have got blackberry messenger press the black berry button and then click on scan a group barcode. All you need to do then is hover the bb over the barcode, the camera will take a picture when the focus is good enough to decode automatically. Down side is it only supports 2D barcodes so will not work with product barcodes

Hope this is any use to anyone.

does any one know if scanlife is going to be updated to be automatic like bb messenger or if there are any applications that accept universal barcodes that take shots automatically like bb messenger

Thanks

Tim

By: John

John — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:26:58 +0000

So, is there an update available for the Sprint 8350i to update the camera from a fixed focus to an auto focus. Edocrab works well with the Tour’s ability to focus on the barcode. Is there some type of camera support updates?

By: canelmas

canelmas — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:58:24 +0000

Technically, i mean programatically it’s not possible to take an auto-focused ’snapshot’ picture. The app must invoke the Camera application of the Blackberry and then process the saved(to be deleted after) picture.
I tried the app, my Javelin doesn’t auto focus either..Good luck.

By: De

De — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:28:58 +0000

Just loaded this into my 8350i. I have not been able to scan the barcode but typing the numbers in has worked. I am happy with that for now.

By: Wolfman

Wolfman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:25 +0000

I just downloaded the app onto my Storm. It would not work no matter what was tried. Don’t bother with it.

By: Dreveron

Dreveron — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:20:26 +0000

Don’t waste your time with this application if you have a storm.
Focusing the camera is imposible.

I found another scanning application in Blackberry Apps name edocrab that works much better. It focus well, search the web, give you prices and reviews. And it is FREE.

By: james

james — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:22:37 +0000

its works when scanning the barcode you have to hit enter the button right under del

By: Mike2

Mike2 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:36 +0000

Tried NeoReader, BeeTagg, and ScanLife with a BB Tour. The camera does autofocus, and both “line” barcodes and 2d barcodes come in crystal clear in the picture, but all programs fail to ever read the line barcodes successfully. How can the iPhone make this so easy and yet a BlackBerry with an autofocus 3.2mp camera fail so miserably?

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:30:33 +0000

Worked with my Curve 3810, Only the 2D codes ofcourse, wich you can generate yourself at the Neoreader site