Last night the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the winners of its inaugural Bluetooth Breakthrough Awards competition.
Winner of the Prototype category - and overall winner, chosen from over 300 submissions - was the Tethercell battery adaptor, a product that enables almost any product using AA batteries to be controlled or monitored via Bluetooth.
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Podcast - 9th January 2013
We have a particularly packed programme this week as we catch up with all the biggest mobile industry news stories since Christmas.
There's opinion on everything from the UK 4G auction to the current CES show and from open-source smartphones to wireless phone charging in cars.
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Toyota says it’ll be producing the first car in the world with built-in Qi wireless charging.
The 2013 Toyota Avalon Limited will be available in the USA with a ‘Technology Package’ that also includes radar-controlled cruise control, automatic high beams and a pre-collision safety system.
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Wireless connections for power and battery charging are becoming increasingly popular, not just in mobile devices but in a wide range of situations from medical equipment to electric vehicles.
The adoption of international standards - such as the Qi technology used by recent devices from HTC, LG and Nokia - is also helping to drive the market, according to a new report from Pike Research.
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Around 10,000 new wireless charging points will be installed in public places across Japan within the next six months, according to a new report.
The chargers, which use the Qi standard, will enable users to recharge compatible mobile devices without plugging in a cable.
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