It's, well, a tiny white plastic plug with the letter A on the front.

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Today we got to see the thing in action at the Pepcom event here at CES. The hardware is a small black plastic box that should plug into most cars sold in the US after 1996.

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In one final negative note, the phone takes one of the worst pages out of the Palm book and put plastic doors over not only the USB plug but the microSD slot and side-mounted headphone jack as well.

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Any item with a plug or batteries which fits into an average sized plastic carrier bag can be put in the green box, which is picked up weekly.

BBC: Somerset

New plastic fiber will be flexible and durable enough to wrap around desks and plug into PCs--ideal for the home.

FORBES: Lucent's Labs