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More BlackBerry Messenger Barcode Oddities

by Bla1ze on 12 Oct 2009 11:35 AM
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More BlackBerry Messenger Barcode Oddities

Ever since BlackBerry Messenger 5 leaked, users have been playing around with the barcode system and finding some strange and not so strange things about it. This one however has to fall under the strange category in my opinion.

We got a tip from JJ that if you scan the barcode shown in the example of how to use the barcode system, it comes up with a rather omnious URL from a quite popular site. Go ahead and try it out and let us know what you think. I'm not going to give away where exactly it takes you - but you can see that for yourself. I will say personally, I think someone at RIM who was on the BlackBerry messenger dev team might have insomnia. Thanks JJ!

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Posted by TheElderBerry Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Very bizarre

 
 
Posted by Madness87 Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 852 days ago

I also was the first person to comment on the forum post for the "9" barcode on the movie poster like 2 months back.

 
 
Posted by ItalianPrincess Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

definitely not a BBM contact!! i can't sleep either!

 
 
Posted by 1magine Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

I don't have or use BBM5 - but curious what is the URL? Can someone post?

 
 
Posted by peanuts154 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Well isn't that fun!

Spoiler alert! Converted to tinyurl for those who don't want me to spoil the surprise for them.
http://tinyurl.com/cny5lv

 
 
Posted by Tony Bag O Donuts Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

I would take out an add in the paper with just the bar code and say scan it......

 
 
Posted by Jonezed7 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

That is awesome!

 
 
Posted by TXBlade Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Nice, I think i need to figure out how to manipulate these Barcodes LOL

 
 
Posted by CheshireCat379 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

LOL too funny!

 
 
Posted by datmamiunv Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Haha mad funny

 
 
Posted by DreamSTi Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

LOL WTF

 
 
Posted by srheug Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

I hope counting sheep helps

 
 
Posted by dditzel72 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

you can make your own barcode here; http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

 
 
Posted by bryan.grider Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Ha kind of old news.

Scan this one:

http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=350x350&chl=http%3A%2F%2Fc...

Save it as an avitar, print it off and post all over your town. Let's get the BB users from around the world to join in on the addiction.

Look up QR Cod Generator on google and you can basically make a barcode for anything you want!!!

 
 
Posted by Sully83 Friday, Oct 16, 2009 849 days ago

I went to this site that you have listed and tried scanning the code. Dang then shut my phone off. Was this suposed to be a prank/joke? Because it sure wasnt funny.

 
 
Posted by jlb21 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Weird

 
 
Posted by gmkahuna Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

I love that site.

 
 
Posted by jayhammy Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

This is a cool website for creating your own barcode for whatever info you put in. Select the QR Code as the type.

if you use it more than once, I'd recommend donating to the site creator.
http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/

 
 
Posted by ronsonger Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

THATS CRAZYYYY MANNNNN

 
 
Posted by mcguirej Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

That's awesome. I check that site every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday - when the new stuff comes out.

 
 
Posted by AmandaLia Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

lol so funny!!!!

 
 
Posted by Yandar Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Its just overworked coders having a laugh. Some of the OS cod file names are in a similar vein.

 
 
Posted by Frank2029 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

This is nothing new. Here in Toronto, Canada i see tons of ads where a company has a BBM bar-code on huge banners or displays across the city, pretty neat actually

 
 
Posted by KiD SiSTeR Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

ahh thats funny stuff there! and the scan barcode thing is pretty awesome too!

 
 
Posted by cj100570 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

That's priceless!

 
 
Posted by zeelob Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Clearly an insomniac!

 
 
Posted by SOCIALITEx Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

kinda cool.........

 
 
Posted by camti Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

hahaha, very good! Nice one RIM.

 
 
Posted by crispycutz Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

lol coool

 
 
Posted by myersau Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

is there a way to bring up the scanner option without having to go into Blackberry messenger and "adding a new contact"...?

 
 
Posted by chriscook.sv Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

http://reader.kaywa.com/getit

 
 
Posted by jeremy.schiefer Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

that doesnt support blackberry???

 
 
Posted by mrking.id Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

^^ no blackberry app

Try this.... http://www.rimarkable.com/know-of-any-good-qr-code-readers-for-blackberr...

 
 
Posted by cadsystems Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

I'm guessing that will be an OS 5.0 feature. Since the BBM barcode scanning is a 5.0 function.

 
 
Posted by Ami. Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

lol I dig :P

 
 
Posted by Witmen Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Cool

 
 
Posted by jeremy.schiefer Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

So how do we make are own barcodes that link to whatever page we want?

 
 
Posted by jeffwill2 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

 
 
Posted by jerseysoprano Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

That was a very strange link. I must say, I am loving the whole barcode effect, makes me feel elite and stuff..lol

 
 
Posted by Ebscer Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

love that site

 
 
Posted by beri Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

lol wow working a bit hard there

 
 
Posted by tonybunce Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

This isn't an Easter egg from a BBM developer.

You can scan any QR Code 2D barcode.

Like this one:
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/9285/barcodeimageaxdsqrcodeb.gif

 
 
Posted by Zyxwvu44 Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

i wonder what else you can do with a barcode!

 
 
Posted by FineWolf Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Scannable contact info which sends your contact info into the address book of the scanner.

http://forums.crackberry.com/f2/how-create-scannable-vcard-bbm5-335154/

You can generate QR Codes from this Google Backed Generator:

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

 
 
Posted by gusts Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

once i installed this new messenger this bb Group added to my calendar, i always delete similar from the CICAL thingy but not this time, pls help cos this annoying me very much. all the calendar notes moved to this new group, cannot invite properly etc.. :((

 
 
Posted by YourEntreeSolution Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

wow

 
 
Posted by benflynhi Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

How can I do a screen print or get my barcode sent to an email so I can print it out or put it on business cards?

 
 
Posted by jazzejohn Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

You'll need to use an app that takes screen shots off of your phone. There are a few here on crackberry that range from a few bucks to free, check it out at the app store.

 
 
Posted by benflynhi Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

Thanks man

 
 
Posted by darkain Monday, Oct 12, 2009 853 days ago

When viewing your own barcode to "display to others", press your BB Menu button. There is an option in the menu to save it as a file. Once saved, transer to PC over USB, email, IM, etc.

 
 
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