That, says Mahendra Negi, chief financial officer of Trend Micro, a Tokyo-based computer-virus company, is bound to be a low-margin business, as all it really involves is translation from English into Japanese.
Unlike the first model, which required you to hook the scale to your computer with a micro-USB cable and set it from there, this version can be set up from a smartphone.
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Insight's sales have been climbing 50% a year -- faster than larger rivals CDW Computer Centers, Micro Warehouse or Global DirectMail.
Brookstone says its adapter will work with Apple and Android smart phones as well as with any device with a micro-USB cord, such as a Kindle Fire or a tablet computer.
On Monday, it hit e-mail services across the United States and Europe and was expected to affect tens of thousands of Australian computer users, said anti-virus research company Trend Micro.
The device includes a fixed micro-USB connector and a pop-out flexible cable to plug into your computer or another power source.
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The box will still ship with a micro-USB to USB cable in the box, allowing the handset to plug into a deskbound computer or a mains charger with a USB socket.
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