Simply open the box, plug in the xPrintServer via USB cable, and print wirelessly from any iOS device running iOS version 4.2 or later, to virtually any USB or network-connected printer.

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Simply open the box, plug it in, print.

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Customers could buy a cheap digital video camera, plug it into their cable box, and engage in videoconferences using their TV.

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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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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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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