Sept 18, 2008 Picture ID 1.3 has been released.

PictureID is the ultimate full screen picture callerID application. With full screen picture caller ID you can easily identify the caller. Assign different picture ID for different contacts. You can also assign a custom picture for caller’s who do not have caller ID information or blocked callers. PictureID can display the caller’s city location using the North America Area Code database.





Supports JPG, GIF and PNG in main memory and SD Card.

For: BlackBerry 8800 series, 8700 series, Pearl, Curve.

Click HERE to download the trial version and full details

unable to find trial version, broken link on the website.

the link works. try Toysoft Development, Inc. - MP3 Ringtones, Voice recorder

Looks pretty cool, and its OS 4.6 (Bold) ready which is key for any new apps I purchase now.

Sounds pretty cool, gonna have to check it out.

I should have stated that more clearly i suppose. The "Try" link on the website does not work. I can get to the website fine, but can't get the trial version. tried on desktop and BB browser, page not found.

ok. fixed. Thanks! you can also click on the More... link or the Picture to get to the product page.

Link is broken.

sorry but our hosting had a power failure. the site will be back up soon.

sorry our hosting had a power failure. our site is now back up.

A new beta has been posted.

OTA link http://www.toysoft.ca/beta/PictureID.jad

Downloaded today for the first time. Said my copy has expired.

Tried to register, received "Uncaught exception: net.rim.device.api.system.ControlledAccessExceptio n" error. Changed all permissions to ALLOW, same error.

Smiley8:
Downloaded it this morning. Nice app but would be even nicer if ...during the process of associating a picture with a contact.... thumbnails appeared instead of (only) picture names. Would make the association process a LOT faster.

thanks

you can goto the Prefs and turn of thumbnail. this will only show the pic names.

that means your security is not enabled for pictureID.
goto the options app and select pictureID and set the permissions.

ok. I checked everywhere under preferences. There is no option to turn ON or off thumbnails. The version I installed -trial- shows ONLY the picture names.

thanks

There is a new version available....Has this version fixed the bug where if there are spaces in the phone numbers in the address book it only displays the numbers following the spaces?

Thank you Mr. Clark. I installed the new version 1.0.9 (ota only) and it has addressed the thumbnail preference. The number/address display bug you describe above has not been corrected. If the contact's number is in your address book as follows;
123 456 7890, or as 123-456-7890; Full Screen PIC ID shows it as 12345467890.
That said.... I like this software.

For some reason I'm getting only a 4 digit number (the last 4 of my phone number) and with the latest, when the call came in I couldn't exit the app. It stayed on pic ID and I had to pull the battery to get it to stop vibrating.

The only thing I can think of is that I have my home number under "Home" and then again under my contact for myself in the "home" field.

This app just isn't reliable enough for me yet. We'll see what future versions bring.

pictureID will take the phone number and strip out none digits. eg: spaces, dashes, period.

that is how it works.

Wirelessly posted

Gotcha. Thanks.I am struggling now with how long my pics take to load. I don't have an extraordinarily large number of pix on my SD card but it takes a long time to load each page of pictures. When I do an alt/tab (escape) it doesn't "load" in the background. Kind of painful...and I have matched only 5 contacts/pics thus far. Though I like this software I will wait for future versions before I consider purchasing.

when the new beta comes out it will cache all the thumbnails so that the next time it will load quickly when you access the pictures. i have over 200+ pics taken from the camera and it takes a few seconds to scan the files the first time and then the thumbnail appears without delay after that.

Do you have to purchase the Beta edition?
I downloaded 1.0.91 and everytime it boots up it asks me to register.

I don't believe this is beta anymore. It's not free.

1.1 July 16, 2008
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- Added support for SD card pictures
- Added thumbnail support in the Browser and on the main screen
- Added preview picture in the Browser screen
- Added Resize to fit screen checkbox in the Preferences. If the picture is larger
than the physical screen size then pictureID will resize to fit the screen when displaying
the caller picture
- Added Enable thumbnail preview checkbox in the Preferences
- Added picture thumbnail when you edit or create a new pictureID
- Added support for call waiting. Picture will now be displayed
- Added Delete Thumbnail cache to the main screen menu

- Modified the Global PictureID. If you do not assigna a picture then the
default call screen will be used
- Modified the file browser. Thumbnails are now cached. If you do not want
the cache then goto the Preferences and uncheck "Enable thumbnail preview"
the thumbnail uses main memory. If you low on memory then don't use this feature

- Fixed the bug when doing a contact lookup. Before phone numbers with spaces are
incorrectly validated.
- Fixed the bug for call waiting. Before when you hangup the second call the first
call also is terminated

Click here Picture ID

It seems to squash all photos I use. What is the best size/resolution to be using for photos for PictureID?

the native size for your BB screen... my Curve it's 320 x 240. Not sure what it is for the Pearl (240 x 240?)

in the pictureID manual has the list of screen sizes.

pearl 240x260
curve 320x240
bold 480x320

anyone know if this is better then the video ringtone program that was just released?

New beta has been posted.

Changes
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- Better compatibility
- Added option to close the Missed Call screen. If missed call screen is displayed PicID will not show the picture
- Added option to show caller ID number
- Added Color font. Currently only one font. More will be added
- Fixed the call log. Now very call is logged

OTA download http://www.toysoft.ca/beta/PictureID.jad or visit our website Toysoft Website

I am getting the following error when trying to download the beta:

404 - Not Found

The requested URL /beta/PictureID.jad was not found on this server.

sorry about that. please try again.

I was able to download and install it just fine. I don't know if it's because I have a lot of pictures or what, but when I click "select picture," my phone locks up for quite a while before it brings me to my list of pictures. Then, when the list comes up, it's so slow to scroll through them that it's almost unusable.

Also, I already have pictures assigned to a lot of my contacts. Is there any way to automatically import these settings into PictureID or do I have to go through and add them one by one?

that is the problem. i have tones of pictures taken from the camera and it does take awhile to scan the files. The media app seems to do the same almost.

the best way to add pictures is move the pictures that you want to a new folder or copy them from your desktop computer.

there is no picture import because the picture that you already have in the contacts are 1/4 of the size and it wouldnt make much sense for the full screen.

here is the latest pictureID 1.2.

changes
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- fixed the problem with 2 calls. if you had close missed call screen then sometimes both calls will terminate if you end the call. this happens only when you dial a person and then you received a 2nd call

- added ringtone support. edit the picid and scroll down to the bottom to pick the ringtone. you will need to do the following for each contact that you want to assign a ringtone

- run the Contacts app
- edit the contact and select Add custom ringtone
- set the contact ringtone to MUTE. this is needed so that the system wont play the contacts ringtone and let picID handle it
- you should select a long ringtone since PicID does not repeat the ringtone. personally i use a mp3

why add ringtone support? because i hate the 2 seconds wait before the ringtone starts. very annoying.

here is the OTA install http://www.toysoft.ca/bb/PictureID.jad

So I guess this software isnt usable on the 8330?

It should work fine but currently not compatible with the BOLD

how long is the trial period? or what cant you do on the trial version?

expires in 10 days and only 5 picIDs.

Picture ID 1.3 has been released.



Changes
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- Added Color fonts for caller id display
- Added Profile integration using PicIDProfile application
- Added Ringtone support. Use any mp3/aac/mid file as ringtone
- Fixed the missed call problem. Now all calls are logged in the Call log app

click Picture ID

When will you offer Bold (and for those who are getting the Storm) support with the full screen caller id?