But when Logitech took over the Squeezebox product line it brought about radical change, the first sign of which is the Duet, which doesn’t have a fluorescent VU meter anywhere in sight! It has always looked slightly old-fashioned – without being retro enough to be cool – all green fluorescent displays and cheap-and-nasty remotes. I’ve known about Squeezebox for several years, but until recently had never been tempted to splash my cash. This next bit might need a little creative interpretation since it’s about a product aimed squarely at the domestic market, Logitech’s Squeezebox Duet. Tim and Dick give me a pretty broad brief for this column, but one constraint that’s carved in stone is to write from a “Pro” business perspective. In fact, in an ideal world the developers of FindMe and Berry Locator would get together, so the latter can access the former’s tagged locations database! It’s also considering GPS-less location via cell-tower ID, which wouldn’t give an accurate geographical fix, but might work well with pre-tagged locations such as “home” and “office” (similar to the FindMe application I wrote about a couple of columns back). It’s considering a facility to remote-wipe a phone that can’t be found (useful for people using the internet- based BIS: enterprise BES users already have remote wipe). I asked Mobireport, Locator’s developer, about its plans for the product.
I reckon Berry Locator is a lifesaver, and best of all is the $4.95 price, “pint of beer” money that makes purchase a no-brainer. Better still, if you have one of the GPS-equipped BlackBerry models it will try to get a satellite fix and email you back a Google Map showing the exact location of the phone, which is great if you mislay it out of doors.
Once installed, it monitors incoming emails (on any account registered with the BlackBerry) for a user-chosen trigger phrase in the subject line, and if it spots it sends the phone into a veritable frenzy, buzzing loudly, vibrating like a Fiat dashboard and flashing the screen.
And that’s where Berry Locator ( comes into play.
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