Dear All,
We are making a true Threaded SMS app for BlackBerry. No reason why only iPhone users should have all the fun!

Modeled on the lines of iPhone sms app, this app will groups sms per your Contacts and shows you threaded sms in chat style. You can reply from the same 'conversation view screen' screen. Since pictures are worth a thousand words, attached are some screenshot

I am inviting beta testers for this app. Once beta is over, we will be releasing it to all. As is customary with Empower apps, you not only participate in making of a great piece of software for all blackberry users, but you also get free licenses and opportunity to beta test our other upcoming apps.

In case you are interested in running a pre-release app, please reply below with your Device model and OS Version below. We will start with 20 users and take up more as we progress through the beta..

Thanks,
Ani.

I would love to try it out. Model 8330 OS 4.5

uhm..
OS 4.6.0.282, Bold (9000)

Bold 9000 . 5.0.0.238

Looks good.

I had threaded SMS with 5.0 but it was too buggy on my 8330 so I rolled back to 4.5. Threaded SMS is the thing I miss most about 5.0. I an currently running 4.5.0.175 on my 8330.

Sounds interesting.

9630 Tour - v4.7.1.57

8100 - 4.5.0.294

Im willing to test.

OT: I remember back when I use to beta test Empower HTML Email Viewer for you guys (back when I was on Pinstacks). I had to delete it as it was incompatible with the 4.5 HTML email viewer. BTW can you PM me if you got that issue fixed, I would like to go back to Empower HTML Viewer.

Sure,count me in. Bold 4.6.0.303

I'm in.
Tour 9630. OS 4.7.1.53
Thanks

I'd like to try this out.
Curve 8900 4.6.1.310
Thanks

I'd like to try it out too.

Curve 8330.
OS v4.5.0.138

--Ariel

Bold 9000, OS 4.6.0.303

I'd like to check it out.

Curve 8330 Verizon
OS v4.5.0.77

[ Jesse ]

I will assist in beta testing.

BB Bold 9000 OS 4.6.0.297

Uhhh....

What? >.>

You're on OS 5... and already have Threaded SMS.
Seemed odd to me to want beta software for a beta OS when you already have the functionality it's offering.

I was just offering to help test it.. I don't want it >.<

Most interesting comment!

I'd be interested
9530 - Verizon 4.7.0.148

I'm totally down with threaded SMS.

Curve 8330 4.5 on Sprint

The Palm Pre has a pretty nice threaded messaging feature...to bad the phone sucked and I dumped it after 3 miserable weeks ;)

I would love to test this out with you. 8320 OS 4.5.0.102. T-mobile.

I'd like to try it out too.
BB8900
OS 4.6.1.250 T-mobile

Hi All,
Thank you for your response.. Infact, people on OS 5.0 have also volunteered I have tried to keep one person per device / os combo.. I have sent PM to the chosen members.. Please check your PM on how to proceed..

For everyone else, I promise, as soon as the private beta team have given their feedback, and if everything is fine (no major bugs or issues) I will be opening it for public beta to all !

Thanks again to everyone..
Ani.

email sent

Wirelessly posted

I wouldn't mind trying this out if your still looking for people. Bold on os 4.6.0.301

Bold on os 4.6.0.301

Very interested and do approx 5000+ texts/mth so will be a thorough test!

Yes I would like to test
Blackberry Curve 8310

I'm willing to try it on my 8330 running 4.5.0.175

i would like to give it a try
Curve 8900 4.6.1.310

Hey Ani - I've downloaded the 3 pieces you asked me to download and thus far have noticed 2 things:

1. The person I'm sending to (my son0 does not ever receive my SMS
2. When I am in the ThreadedSMS app and compose an SMS and click SEND, nothing happens. No notification that the SMS is sent - the screen never changes. It appears like my click does nothing. However, when I back out and then go back into ThreadedSMS, it shows the person in the Text Messages list and the sms I tried to send shows in the 'bubble'.

Make sense?

juwaack,

I had the same issue, a battery pull seems to resolve that for me.

I have another issue though. I send a message, i get a reply, I send a second message and get a reply, it doesn't show in the proper order

Should look like

Sent message 1
Reply 1
Sent message 2
Reply 2

Instead it looks like this:

Reply 1
Reply 2
Sent message 1
Sent message 2

I have to scroll up to see the reply. It does this every time I get a reply. If it is a long conversation, I will have to scroll for a while just to see the reply.

I know you don't have access to the SMS API to mark them as read, but it is a little of a pain to mark all SMS as read when you've already read them in the Threaded SMS app.

Thanks jsconyers, a battery pull helped. Went back and forth a bit with my son and we both saw:

Sent 1
Reply 1
Sent 2
Reply 2

I also have Email and SMS 'combined' in my Messages app, so I'm getting the messages showing in both places. I assume if I changed the to 'Separate' I can then hide the SMS icon. I'll test that and report back.

Would be nice to have this app integrate with the Messages app. Yes, I realize OS 5.0 has native threaded SMS, but not all devices will be getting OS 5.0 so this could be helpful for those devices that will be left out.

One other thing, on my son's 8330, he is seeing a date of '31 Dec 69' in our sms conversation. I've verified the date is set correctly on his device and attached a pic.

I am getting that date as well on my 8330.

Wirelessly posted (It's all about Fuschia!)

I got the email stating that there is a version 1.70, and when I went to download step 1, it still showed version 1.6. Also I can't send.. Will try a batt pull first.

Downloading 1.7 now.

Ditto.

having the same issue with not seeing anything after hitting SEND....trying battery pull

1.7 fixed the time issue for me.

battery pull fixed it...

"I also have Email and SMS 'combined' in my Messages app, so I'm getting the messages showing in both places. I assume if I changed the to 'Separate' I can then hide the SMS icon. I'll test that and report back."

Me too, not real fond of that....