This article was originally published on Simple Mobile Review. It has been edited to include new information.
If you are a BlackBerry user and have the need to take screenshots from time-to-time, I would highly recommend using Screenshot. I started using a free app called Capture It which is a great app, but Screenshot takes it to a whole new level and for only 99¢ in AppWorld. There is a free version of Screenshot in the RIMarkable Store, but I have not had a chance to try it out. After writing this the paid version on the RIMarkable store increased from 99¢ to $2.99 so buying on AppWorld makes sense for now.
Why Screenshot?
The most critical feature Screenshot has is the ability to assign one of your convenience keys to initiate the screenshot of your phone. This means you can get screenshots of menu dialogs and screenshots of dialogs that block the ability to access the menu as you can see below. I often want to screenshot a popup dialog that an application may present, with Capture It, this was not possible. With Screenshot, I just press my left-side convenience button and there it is.
The product supports a host of configuration options, like image file type, save to location, time delay, file naming convention and more. There is likely a situation and need for each option, but at the end of the day, all I wanted was vibrate when taking a screenshot and ‘use left-side convenience key’.
If you are in the market for a good screenshot application, I highly recommend using either the paid or free versions of Screenshot. The only suggestion I have is to make sure you have a decent sized SD Card in your device vs. saving images to internal phone storage. You will need it, because this is just so easy with Screenshot.
Check your convenient key options closer. I have Capture It on my 9550 and I have it set to my left convenience key. It works great, never had a problem executing a screenshot. And it vibrates when its taking the shot.
I did a reinstall and it fixed my issue. I did check the option several times but after a removal and reinstall the issue was resolved. I still have an issue with it taking a screenshot when I have a specific web page open but I assume that is related to running a leaked bb OS
It sounds like a great app, but I just switched to the Torch, and there’s only one convenience key, and it’s taken. Are there options to use some kind of keyboard presses?
There is an option to have a delay of say 5 or 10 sec (user defined) you could click the app then go to the area for a screen cap. From what I see they do not offer a menu option or key combination
CaptureIt has a menu option you can use
They just updated Screenshot this week for the Torch see here http://www.s4bb.com/
Can Screenshot take a screenshot of the camera view or video view or even of the screen once you’ve taken a picture or video?