Unify4Life

Being a BlackBerry addict, from time to time i scan the Internet looking for some interesting applications or devices bringing the new use cases to the original phone / messenger setup. And the other day I came across this site: http://www.unify4life.com. They seem to be quite fresh, as the site itself has gone a number of transformations during the last couple of weeks. Anyway the approach and addressed market segment seems interesting: hardware + software solutions extending the BlackBerry phones beyond what they were designed for.

Unify4life has two products so far, and only one (the AV|Shadow) can be purchased now and only in the US and Canada). The AV|Shadow falls in the remote control category and I fully agree a good remote control solution for a mobile phone has the potential power to replace a number of conventional remotes. The key to its success, as is the case with almost all gadgets recently, is how easy to use the software is. The second product seems to be something the World has been missing since the beginning. Garage|Shadow - a garage door opener working with a mobile phone over Bluetooth. The idea is simple - if you can pair a headset with a phone over Bluetooth, why not pair a garage door with the same phone over Bluetooth? This one I would buy immediately, but it seems they are not selling yet... I really enjoy getting rid of extra redundant devices like garage door remotes...