Unify4Life™

While the universal remote has served humanity with distinction, its days are numbered, and your smartphone is to blame. In the beginning, a universal remote had to control two or three things (typically a television, a cable box and a VCR or DVD player). And for a handful of devices, a remote with all the buttons in one place worked just fine.

"Most wireless solutions, with the exception of a few such as email, Internet access, and SMS, are still in the early adopter and early majority stages in Canada," says Krista Napier, analyst, Canadian ICT Innovation and Export at IDC Canada. "Emerging companies looking to quickly establish themselves in the market will need to educate customers and deliver practical and affordable solutions that add value at home, at work, and everywhere in between. Many Canadian companies are doing just that."

On demo at CES was Unify4Life's Slide|Shadow, which allows you to use your BlackBerry to control powerpoint presentations!

A duo of products on display from Unify4Life shows us just how much less productive we could be on our 'Berrys if we had 'em on us. The AV|Shadow and Garage|Shadow connect over Bluetooth and let you control a bevy of AV devices and your garage door, respectively.