Edocrab is Barcode Spelled Backwards: BlackBerry App Public Beta Now Open!

Very cool app! I love it, works great on my BB Bold 9700. Tested it on stuff in the office, a can of soup, compressed air can, GNC power stuff, and Planters can of nuts, it found all but the compressed can of air. I'll edit after I hit the wine isle!

Every time I use this app, I have problems with making and receiving calls. I cant hear the other party and they cant hear me.

Save yourself 15 minutes of download, trying to scan a barcode, deleting, and reboot. Once I finally got a bar code to scan in after 8 tries, it told me what it was (duh, I have the product in front of me!). Gave me none of the information like shopsavvy on my wife's Driod. Sure it was free, and I got what I paid for, but I also lost 15 minutes of my life I'll never get back. I'm waiting for shopsavvy with great anticipation.

SAME experience as user above

Error starting edocrab:
Class 'com.steelhorn.fiji.common.BaseProduct' multiply defined.

After getting the Java error, I rebooted my phone and am presented with a white screen displaying:

Reload Software: 552

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What is the fix for this? Tried the BB MCP and removed it. Still getting the RELOAD 552 error.

Not happy with edocrab

Tried it on my Storm 9530 works sometimes other times it locks up. Cute toy not ready for prime time.

found this free app update via twitter: "edocrab_app New version of #edocrab available including a special OS 5.0 build! Download by going to edocrab.com from your #BlackBerry"
I downloaded it and am really liking it. Some new features, too.

I have a new Tour and the firmware is above the 4.5 needed to download yet it states "This application is not available on your device or for your carrier" not sure why, but I have heard that other verizon users were able to download this app.

If its free I want it of course :-)

I find it almost impossible to get a search result by snapping a picture of the barcode. I keep getting an error message, saying the picture is a poor quality, even if I follow the example that's given. It's almost better to just do the search by keyword.

I'm disappointed that it did not work with my Bold, but I'm sure it could be useful even if I have to type in the barcode. I'm going to keep it and try it out some more.

It WAS free, after all! Stop your whining people!

This app has been promoted to my home page.. First day I had it, I was at Best Buy to buy a video game.. Just to play around w/ it, I scanned it, and found that the game was on sale cheaper at Target.. Saved me 10 bucks!!! Great first use for a FREE app I'd say. Only hope is that more items (grocery) will be added to the DB in the furture, but that isn't the app's fault.. I just wanna use this more. I have a tour by the way, and the scanning works just fine.

I installed it and I like it. The app works well, but I wish it would also do a search in the local area, and it would be the complete package.

I wish it didn't do a shutter sound whenever you take a picture. I also hope that they do a quick update once 5.0 rolls out (BBM 5.0 can scan barcodes without you taking a picture...)

what a mission to scan ..omg!

I was aware that I couldn't "scan" barcodes with my 8330 before I downloaded, but tried it anyways. I manually entered a few barcodes at Walmart last evening, and not a single return. I uninstalled it this morning and am going to wait for the technology to be refined. I'll keep my eyes open cause this would be awesome if it worked.

Could be a great app, but it only supports scanning on 3 devices. Storm, Tour and Curve 8900. With the plethora of Bolds and Curve 83xx devices out in the wild, they should have worked more on that before releasing.

This is a nice app.

I tried it on my BB Tour and it worked fine. I had to type in only one of the 3 bar codes that I scanned.

The results it came back with were nice.

Especially with the option to "Buy Now" under the web results heading!

I say get it. It may possibly come in handy.

Just downloaded the Edocrab and it works flawlessly. It is often few and far between that a free app works as advertised, at least the first time through, but this one does. It doesn't just read the barcodes, but gives you the ability to obtain other information and even buy the product. What a cool and useful application. Highly recommend it to everyone.

Does not work with Bold, unless you enter the upc manually.

I installed everything fine, but says the Bold doesn't meet the hardware requirement for it to run so i'd have to type the code into the seach everytime... Lame!

I used it all day today and it worked great.. Storm OS .151... Used it on my Electrical stock and it came up.. Used it on Ammo (Yes .45 ammo) and it came up.. I love it..

i work in a retail store.... and scanned like 20 items today.... and not one came up.... complete waste of time

I thought BB users had more class than to use some of the language I've seen on this thread. It's a free app, and works well on my Tour; thanks for sharing the link.

Yes. it works great on the Storm. If for some reason you have trouble taking a picture you can still simply key in the barcode and it'll show you tons of sites and prices as well as reviews. You can even purchase items online too. Pretty cool and and the best part is that it's FREE.

I think this is a pretty cool app, I've been scanning stuff all over the house playing around with it. But sometimes the reviews that they give you for certain products are waaay off. For Rite Aid baby powder it gave me reviews for some type of liver treats for dogs. For some weird Christian book my mom has, it found the correct book (showed the correct title and picture), but the reviews were all for some mozart opera. I still really like the app and I can't wait to use it in "real-life" (scanning things I don't already own). I only had trouble scanning a barcode once, but i had the phone in one hand, and the product in the other hand, so there was the extra shake factor going on. Once I put the product down on a table and scanned it again, it worked.

I have a curve 8330 and it said I am not able to use the program even though I have 4.5.138 installed. Kinda pointless to manually enter the barcode. It would be quicker to ask people at the check out line for a better deal.

Still needs a lot of work and I would like it to work on ALL BB with 4.5 installed. Not a select few.

After getting the Java error, I rebooted my phone and am presented with a white screen displaying:

Reload Software: 552

Curses! Stay away from this software!

Way cool! Works like a champ on the Storm.

Error starting edocrab:
Class 'com.steelhorn.fiji.common.BaseProduct' multiply defined.

Uninstalled, once again iphone gets the love, their barcode app worked months ago, the "flagship" BB Bold? Nope...

Cool program.
It took a bit to fine tuning for the camera shots on my 9530 Storm. You have to take the pic several inches away so it can focus.

I tried several household items and it found most of them.
It provides pics, reviews, costs, video if available.
you can make a shopping list as sell.

funny that it links back to a story that has a qrcode at the top of it, but this doesn't seem to read qrcodes. lame.

The bbm5.0 reader was nice cause you didn't have to snap a pic and wait just get er in frame and wham bam thank you mam.

oh well. I will try it on other barcodes I suppose.

kg.

Just downloaded it for my storm and scanned a gatorade bottle and it worked like a charm. Check it out!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3927066914_cf2dd5404e.jpg

Awesome.. I tried it on a few of my Electrical stock laying around and it worked... Grocery items no.. I love it so far..

Worked well on my 8900 after I figured out you have to hold it about 6in away and zoom in to fill the screen with the barcode. Trying to do it like the faq page shows did not work at all. Neat program.

like this program works good on the Storm

I Have scanned more than 12 items around my office and it can accurately find the item better than 80% of them. Nice for those bargain shoppers out there.

downloaded the beta to my 8900... works great!

Couldn't find some really old CD's or bottled water, but then again it says it can't find some kinds of things like food and clothing. Other than that, this thing rocks!

Ok just downloaded it...it asked me to reboot it...waited till it rebooted. Went into it and tried to take a pic of a barcode and the storm went black and is rebooting again. Anyone noticed any issues with this app and Storm OS .167 Will try again and let you know what happens.

Downloaded it to Verizon Tour.....crapola. Take picture and nothing (zilch) happens. Almost impossible to contact company for support. Isn't a Beta supposed to receive customer feedback? Wish it worked but it didn't and dont know where to go for support

This does not work with the Curve 8330. You have to enter the UPC manually, which is a pain.

This app doesn't work for the Curve 8330. I tried to use it and it says that I have to manually enter the information.

Finally had success with a 8900 - had to hold the camera fairly far away (5 inches or so) and zoom (about 1.8-2x) which yielded a very sharp image. When the images were even a bit out of focus they were rejected.

SMF

This works perfectly. Awesome App.

Its pretty good. Picked the barcode on my copy of World War Z and the first try and gave me prices and reviews.

me!!!

I didn't think it would take very long for someone to jump on this... I downloaded it and it works great so far on my Storm. I scanned a bunch of barcodes around the office and it had no problem finding me the best price on all of them. After I figured out that you had to have the barcode centered in the green box it was a piece of cake.

Although I like the program and totally understand the reasons, concepts, etc., where the heck can I find these barcodes outside of BBM?

Oh - and I forgot: Walmart doesn't appear on the Web list in several products I tried!

The app does just what it says it does. Like some of you, I don't have "auto focus" capability (wish I did) yet, but don't bash the product.

Downloaded and disappointed when I realized it wouldn't work on the Bold. If I have to enter the long number manually, I might as well go to the nearest reader on one of the columns when at Walmart!!

to try this app out.

I d/l and installed the bar code app, Curve 8900, and scanned a few items. All of the scans "looked like" the example, but... "there was NO barcode found" I cleaned the lens, tried with zoom out and zoom in. Would be nice, if it worked.

I have the 8900 and spent 30-40 minutes trying this. After maybe 50 pictures, my success rate was approximately (okay, precisely) 0%.

Every single time resulted in the "your picture sucks..here's what a good one looks like". Just for grins, I took a screen shot of the last one. My picture is better in every way to the example. So, either this program does not even look at the photograph and returns this result automatically, or to do this, you have to have the hands of a surgeon and perfect conditions. I can see myself at the store asking everyone in the aisle to hold still and stop breathing and can someone get that air conditioning turned off?

My first try on my Storm I scanned the barcode on a Play Station 3 box and it pulled up 36 web page hits and 50 different reviews. I have only scanned 1 item so far and it did what it was supposed to do and very quickly. Great app!

Finally! this is really cool. Thanks =]

I downloaded it and tried to scan, but it said my device was not compatible for the scan feature (I have a Bold). Yet another reason why I ditched my Blackberry. I got duped, thanks a lot.

Sorry but that app is a totally crap! Uninstalled

Works great on my Tour. Cool app!

I can't seem to get this to work for me!! I have the Tour and whenever I take a pic of a barcode I get a "whoops" error message. I've tried in bright and dim lighting, and I even read the FAQ but it's not working. I also get a message saying the picture is too big when in my settings it shows small as the picture size.

I'm disappointed that my Pearl does not support barcode scanning, but blasting the app for not documenting this is foolish ... read the FAQ, it clearly states that only the
BlackBerry Storm
BlackBerry Curve 8900
BlackBerry Tour

Are supported ...

http://faq.edocrab.com/index.php?View=entry&EntryID=18

LLLAAAMMMEE!! Says it supports all blackberrys with os 4.5 or higher but it needs an AUTOFOCUS camera!! No bold love

I have the tour and it worked great, only problem was that i tried scanning a food product, which according to the message that popped up, not all food or clothing is in there yet.

This really would be nice for electronics etc.

i've tired it, and i don't think it works for us canadian users, it always "trys to find" the product but never brings it up

Doesn't work for the 83xx either. It does work for:
- BlackBerry Storm
- BlackBerry Curve 8900
- BlackBerry Tour

according to the FAQ. IDK why one cant get it to work when RIM apparently has since the scanner in BBM 5.0 seems to work fine. Looks slick, but no dice for me.

If you can take an almost perfect picture the app works as advertised. Be prepared to spend 10-20 minutes looking like an idiot in the store isle trying to take a perfect picture of a barcode though.

This app does show that progress is being made on the barcode scanning front!

Tried it with an 8900 on 3 barcodes so far and nothing yet. The picture I take is more clear than the sample pic in the 'decoding failed' screen.
edit: got it to work the 4th time on a book. I will probably keep this app around though along with the Amazon Remember's function in the BB app (take a pic of the product, send it to Amazon, get a quick reply to the URL on Amazon of the product).

Check out http://faq.edocrab.com for useful tips on how to use edocrab and answers to common questions.

It is a bummer scanning doesn't work (yet) on other bb models, but the camera just doesn't have the hardware (autofocus) to allow this to work using traditional means.

There are also a few tricks to camera scanning in general, but once you get them, it becomes really easy. These are also in the FAQs.

Also check out http://feedback.edocrab.com to place your ideas and bugs.

Keep the feedback coming!

I have a 8900 and every barcode I've tried so far comes back nothing. But if I enter it manually the products comes up. I wish I could get the scanning down right. I have enough lighting and the picture scans clear.

As others have stated, it doesn't work on the Bold... what useless piece of sh*t program!!!!!

looks good

Outstanding, I need not say any more.
Waiting for this and finally get a app for scanning.
Tried with a few product around the house and it worked GREAT...

Thanks

Downloaded this because I thought it'd be a neat way to scan the barcodes and check things out, but was disappointed. The website says it "is a new, FREE app for the BlackBerry® that will let you scan product barcodes with your camera..."
What's not said up front is that the scan the barcode feature only works the Storm, Curve 8900 and Tour. You gotta dig into the faq to find this information or download it and have it tell you that your phone doesn't support that feature. If you have a phone other than those 3, you have to manually enter the barcode information. Hardly quick or easy in my opinion, but I'm certain it'd be great if you have one of the phones that support the scan feature.

I have a Bold and this program, while great in theory, is useless. It can't scan barcodes with the Bold's crappy, non-autofocus camera. Typing in SKU numbers manually only leaves the app hanging forever searching for a product. Uninstalled...