Are you the type who is always misplacing your cell phone? Or maybe leaving it places you shouldn’t? If your phone is a BlackBerry a new utility will help you find it again. Berry Locator is a utility that only costs $4.95 and is an ingenious little solution to the stated problem. All you do is configure it so that when you email yourself with a custom keyword in the subject line your BlackBerry will commence making all kinds of racket and flashing, even if you had it in silent mode when you lost it. If your BlackBerry is not where you are when you send the email it will display the email on the screen so you can include your contact information for whoever finds it. If your BlackBerry has a GPS onboard Berry Locator gets really sophisticated and emails you a map showing where the phone is located when you send the trigger email. There is a free trial available and like I said, $5 is pretty cheap for something potentially so useful.
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