SendMeHome for BlackBerry launched

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September 17, 2008 at 11:07 am · Filed under General

I just found the press release below in my mailbox. This service allows you to tag your mobile device (there is an example with an iPod but it will work with BlackBerry devices as well) and once it gets lost you can get it back. It actually allows the person who finds your BlackBerry to arrange the sending back to you. There are thousands of BlackBery devices which get lost every day, but everyone who finds one of those does not know where to return it. This service seems to make it very easy to do so.

Today SendMeHome.com launches the world’s first free lost and found recovery service. Through the SendMeHome.com website, users are able to register personal valuables which are each given a unique ID code. The user can then write this code on the item, print free labels, or order professional labels. Should the item ever be lost, the SendMeHome.com website allows the owner to communicate anonymously with anyone who might find it in order to arrange its return.

The service aims to rally the good nature and honesty of strangers by making it easier and safer than ever for them to return lost items. James Tamplin, SendMeHome.com’s head of Business Development commented on the social nature of the service, saying: “We believe that our users will be thankful for the money and hassle they are spared, but I think they will be even more pleasantly surprised by the kindness of strangers.”

SendMeHome.com will save users millions of dollars by facilitating the safe return of the mountains of lost property that accumulates each year in public areas such as airports, shopping malls and taxis. Last year alone, Transport for London collected 148,000 lost items ranging from 14,000 mobile phones to a single lawnmower. Meanwhile in Los Angeles roughly 12,000 items, including 1,800 bicycles, were left on city buses during 2006.

Because the service is free, SendMeHome.com allows users to protect an unlimited number of items, not just their most valuable ones. “Our users can’t predict what they will lose, or when they might lose it, so we don’t make them try to guess. They can tag as many items as they like - from cell phones to golf clubs to textbooks - without spending a dime,” says SendMeHome.com CEO, Andrew Lee.
Additional information about this new service can be found at: http://www.sendmehome.com/about

By the way: this reminded me of the emergency application EmergencyWipe which we reviewed some time ago. It helps a lot to secure your confidential data by deleting it in a situation where you might loose it.