BlackBerry on scanR

Capture meeting notes and whiteboards with your BlackBerry

Now anyone with a BlackBerry Curve or Pearl can quickly capture notes and whiteboards in seconds.  scanR chose BlackBerry to showcase scanR Mobile v2, its new and innovative mobile application design, which makes it even easier to capture information on the run.  scanR Mobile for BlackBerry has many improvements including accessing the camera directly, enabling sharing from the address book, allowing quick access to view scans on the scanR website, and incorporating a simple step by step tutorial for first time users.  These new capabilities were designed to reduce the time needed to capture and share new scans, and to help people learn to use scanR.  Now people can put their Blackberry smartphones to work scanning, copying and faxing!

Take a look at some of the main screens in scanR Mobile for BlackBerry.

Welcome

Main menu

Camera

Result on mobile website

Until last year, Blackberry smartphones were not available with cameras.  But a lot has changed in the last 12 months, which illustrates just how quickly and profoundly the mobile market shifts.  The biggest selling Blackberry smartphones are the Curve and the Pearl models, both of which now offer up to 2 megapixel cameras.  It was a big day for scanR when these new models were announced.  They signaled the complete acceptance of cameras across all phone segments, from the low-end all the way up to business devices.  As with the iPhone, we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of even better cameras on Blackberry smartphones.  Better cameras enable the full suite of scanR services, allowing people to scan business cards, office documents, magazines and books. For now, your BlackBerry Curve or Pearl is perfectly suited to capture your notes and whiteboards on the go.

Get scanR Mobile for Blackberry today by browsing to m.scanR.com on your phone or www.scanR.com on your computer.

Comments

[dave]

wow, just saw the news come over my rss bits...activated my phone, downloaded the app on my pearl 8130 (sprint), tutorial was *very* helpful and worked perfectly going in and out of the camera, upload was slick and fast and it work seamlessly, zero glitches, nothing funny. it just works. having this on my blackberry is awesome for business card and whiteboard capture! thank you.

i also like integrated identity - meaning i don't 'login' to the app because i've apparently downloaded a uniquely identified version from m.scanr.com...very nice.

quick note: if i go to m.scanr.com there is no obvious 'logout' button...is that intentional?

so now, will you please put up some nice links or tutorials on how to best capture a business card or whiteboard or document in assorted lighting situations? my business card came out cruddy, but i think i set default for email to reduce size of image (you may want to put a BIG note up for users about this - many cams have option to shoot at 2+ megapixels but compress for email)

[Chris]

Dave, thanks for the nice words. A lot of the work we do at scanR is intended to make things easy for you no matter what phone you have or where you live. This often goes unnoticed.

For tips on capturing photos for scanning, see:
www.scanr.com/wb.aspx
www.scanr.com/doc.aspx
www.scanr.com/bc.aspx

Keep in mind that need an auto-focus camera to capture documents, books, newspapers, business cards or anything with fine text.

[Steve Russell]

When is this coming out for the iPhone?