Brainboxes also develops the appropriate software drivers, which are compatible with all major operating systems. Brainboxes' customer base includes organisations operating in a number of different markets including leisure, retail, banking, industrial process control, government research agencies, the military and a number of Universities.

RoHS compliant products available now

26 January 2006 - Brainboxes Brainboxes can now supply the majority of our Serial and Bluetooth products as fully RoHS compliant. Contact sales@brainboxes.com or telephone +44 (0)151 220 2500 for more details.

New software available now!

23 December 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has launched brand new software for the BL-565 CompactFlash Bluetooth card which is fully compatible with Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The software is competitively priced at $20 or sterling / euro equivalent plus carriage and is only available by emailing sales@brainboxes.com and requesting product number BL-0CD.

Companies invited to join us in developing PCI Express

22 December 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes are looking for new and existing customers to work with us in developing an innovative range of PCI Express Serial Cards for a wide range of applications. As European Electronics Industry Manufacturer of the Year 2005, we are totally customer focused in producing future-proof solutions.

WEEE Directive

22 December 2005 - Brainboxes All Brainboxes products are covered by the Requirements of the WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). They should not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste, as indicated by the crossed out 'wheeled bin' symbol. Disposal should be arranged in accordance with local arrangements.

Brainboxes predictions for 2006

18 December 2005 - Brainboxes The UK economy has turned a corner and tougher times will be had by many says Eamonn Walsh of Brainboxes. This will be reinforced psychologically by a very cold winter. Then the high fuel bills will arrive.

Brainboxes at wireless connectivity

14 November 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes are attending America's largest showcase of wireless connectivity solutions, Wicon America. This event will take place on the 5th and 6th October 2005 and is the only high level conference and exhibition to focus on key technologies in the Wicon space, including Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, Wi- Fi, WiMAX and Zigbee.

Brainboxes win manufacturer of the Year Award

28 September 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has won the prestigious European Electronics Industry 2005 Awards 'Manufacturer of the Year' sponsored by Electronics Weekly, the UK's leading IT trade journal.

Brainboxes at Oil & Gas Offshore Exhibition

06 September 2005 - Brainboxes From the 6- 9 September, Brainboxes will be sharing a stand with Animal Systems Limited at the Offshore Europe 2005 Oil and Gas Exhibition in Aberdeen, Scotland. This exhibition has been held in Aberdeen since 1973 and is now widely recognised to be the largest exploration and production event in the eastern hemisphere, regularly attracting over 25,000 attendees and over 1400 exhibiting companies from 104 different countries.

Brainboxes are Best of Microsoft Tech-Ed Europe 2005 category winners

15 July 2005 - Brainboxes Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine has announced that Brainboxes has won the Mobile Computing category in the Best of Microsoft Tech•Ed 2005 Europe Awards. Brainboxes was nominated for its Bluetooth serial connectivity and CompactFlash products. The winners were announced at Microsoft Tech•Ed 2005 Europe in Amsterdam, on Thursday 7th July at an evening awards reception.

New products to launch at Tech-Ed

07 July 2005 - Brainboxes 5th, 8th July 2005. Brainboxes will be exhibiting on stand A38 of the Microsoft Tech-Ed exhibition, Amsterdam RAI Exhibition Centre, in the Netherlands. Microsoft Tech-Ed Europe is Microsoft's flagship European Technical education conference for developers and IT professionals focusing on current and soon-to-be launched technologies.

Brainboxes exhibits at Meilhaus Olympic Tower Event

22 June 2005 - Brainboxes 22nd & 23rd June 2005, Brainboxes will be attending the Meilhaus Olympic Tower Event in Munchen, Germany.

Manufacturer of the Year

17 June 2005 - Brainboxes This week Brainboxes were nominated as a finalist of the Elektra 2005 Manufacturer of the Year Award, sponsored by Electronics Weekly. To be nominated is a great honour as the standard of entrants is always incredibly high giving the judges a tough job of determining the shortlist. The winning entry will be announced on the night of Tuesday 27 September at The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane to a packed audience from the IT industry.

Only the Strongest will Survive

17 June 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes Managing Director, Eamonn Walsh, was featured on the front page of Electronics Weekly, Wednesday 15th June issue, in an interview with Editor, Richard Wilson. The article, entitled 'Manufacturing responds to pressure,' highlighted the unexpected rise of 0.9% in UK Manufacturing output in April, compared to the decline of the two previous months.

Brainboxes stock clearance sale

17 June 2005 - Brainboxes In order to make room in our warehouse for new RoHS compliant and PCI Express products we are offering the following stock at greatly reduced prices. Please contact Brainboxes sales department on sales@brainboxes.com or telephone 0151 220 2500 for more details.

Brainboxes interviewed for BBC Radio 4

06 June 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes Bluetooth products were recently featured on BBC Radio 4 when Jonathan Kaye, Sales Executive, was interviewed at Wicon Exhibition, London. The interview focused on the use of the Bluetooth products for livestock tracking applications.

Brainboxes Major Sponsor at WinHEC 2005

25 April 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes is one of the main sponsors at Microsoft WinHEC 2005 in Seattle, this week. WinHEC is recognised as a major exhibition for the IT industry and will showcase the most exciting and important technologies from leading international companies.

Brainboxes now offering 64-bit drivers for PCI and PCMCIA

13 January 2005 - Brainboxes Brainboxes announced that the company is supplying 64-bit drivers for its range of PCI serial and parallel port cards, with support for Microsoft's 64-Bit Edition of its operating systems Windows XP 64, and Windows Server 2003 64-Bit. Brainboxes will be shipping its 64-bit drivers with all current PCI serial and parallel port cards. A downloadable upgrade is available now from www.brainboxes.com

New Universal PCI Serial Connectivity

30 July 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes 'New Universal PCI Serial Range' meets the new slot standard for PCI serial cards that is rapidly being adapted by many PC manufacturers. PCI 2.3 requires that all plug-in cards support 3.3V signalling, however many systems still use 5V signalling. To accommodate both signalling types our new range of Universal PCI is compatible with both 3.3V and 5V. What this means is that Brainboxes Universal PCI serial cards can be used in virtually any PC system available.

Brainboxes takes Bluetooth cattle class

23 June 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes is cooperating with AgiInfoLink, to bring Bluetooth wireless technology to livestock tracking applications. The animals are tagged with an RFID ID tag soon after birth and from then on are tracked across a farm-to-market data network supplied by AgInfoLink. The wireless Bluetooth communication, made possible by Brainboxes' serial Bluetooth converter modules, provides the important link between the reader and a PC or PDA which processes the information. The key application for this technology is for tracking the attributes associated with livestock and other agricultural products - from vaccinations, treatments and weights to movement and location history.

Brainboxes launches first card from its new Universal PCI range

23 June 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has announced the launch of its first card from a new range of universal PCI that supports both 5 volt and newer 3.3 volt standards. The complete new range of Universal PCI cards will shortly follow the WHQL approved UC-101 and will be based upon the same technology. This Low Profile card (UC-101) is the first of the new range of products using a new chip based upon Intellectual Property developed by the company over the last 3 years. The Brainboxes 1+1 UC-101 card has one standard 9-pin RS232 COM port, plus a second RS232 connection. UC-101 is designed to suit the retail and financial sectors with some of the key applications for Brainboxes' latest RS232 serial card being connection to modems, instrument control, or remote access servers.

Brainboxes adopts v1.2 Bluetooth firmware from CSR

08 June 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes announced that the company is updating its Bluetooth hardware to be compliant with the latest version of the Bluetooth specification (v1.2). Brainboxes is now using v1.2 firmware from leading Bluetooth silicon vendor CSR. The move to v1.2 will give Brainboxes all of the advantages of the improved Bluetooth specification whilst retaining full backwards compatibility with existing Bluetooth equipment. Brainboxes' range of v1.2 hardware is on display at WiCon 2004 in Amsterdam from 8th June. In bringing v1.2 support to its hardware, Brainboxes is also making it possible for software developers to use Brainboxes hardware for their software development.

Brainboxes tailors a Bluetooth retail solution for Microvision's Flic Bar Code Scanner

08 June 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes is supplying a customised Bluetooth solution to Microvision, Inc., the Washington State-based leader in high-resolution scanned beam display and imaging systems. Brainboxes' Bluetooth converter being supplied to Microvision provides a simple way to convert any computer with a serial port into a wireless system, since, unlike some adaptors, it requires no software on the host terminal and no difficult configuration.

Brainboxes to exhibit at both Wireless Connectivity World and Retail Solutions on 8th/10th June 2004

14 May 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes will be exhibiting at both Wireless Connectivity World in Amsterdam and Retail Solutions at Birmingham NEC from 8-10th June 2004. We welcome you to visit us at our stands (Stand 608 - Wireless Connectivity World) and (Stand R6 - Retail Solutions 2004).If you require any further information about our attendance at these events then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Brainboxes Bluetooth products chosen by Microsoft developers of Windows CE Platform Builder

05 May 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes, the Bluetooth and serial PC add-on specialist, has announced that its range of adapters and converters for Bluetooth wireless technology have been selected by developers at Microsoft Corp. as test hardware for its Windows CE Platform Builder. Brainboxes has worked very closely over the last four years with development teams for Windows XP, Windows Embedded and Windows Mobile to ensure Brainboxes' wide range of Bluetooth products meet Microsoft's demanding standards.

Brainboxes an official WinHEC 2004 Sponsor

06 April 2004 - Brainboxes Brainboxes are an official sponsor at this years WinHEC 2004 event being held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, USA from 4th-7th May 2004.

A Royal Appointment with HRH The Duke Of York

15 January 2004 - Brainboxes HRH The Duke Of York, the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment met with Eamonn Walsh, Managing Director, Brainboxes yesterday at a special UK Trade and Investment event held in Wavertree Technology Park, Liverpool.

Instant Wireless Cable Replacement

01 December 2003 - Brainboxes Eamonn Walsh, Managing Director of Brainboxes was a guest speaker at this year's Bluetooth Americas 2003 exhibition in San Jose. Eamonn's speech was on the subject of Instant Wireless Cable Replacement and took place on Thursday 11th December in the main exhibition hall of the McEnery Convention Centre.

Brainboxes Bluetooth devices create safer working environment for power engineers

01 November 2003 - Brainboxes Brainboxes is working with Power Isolators, part of Oxford-based LUCY Switchgear, to improve the safety of power engineers working with electricity poles. Brainboxes' Bluetooth wireless technology will enable power engineers to interact with Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) - the control panels found on electricity poles - safely from a range of up to 100 metres.

TDS introduces Brainboxes' wireless connectivity to the ACTIVboard

01 October 2003 - Brainboxes TDS, the UK's leading interactive whiteboard manufacturer, has linked up with Brainboxes, the Bluetooth and serial PC add-on specialist, to provide wireless capability to its range of whiteboards. The addition of Bluetooth technology to the boards will improve the safety of the working environment by removing the need for cables trailing between PC and ACTIVboard. The Bluetooth wireless connection also reduces the set-up time between PC and whiteboard.

RS Components Partner Exhibition

18 September 2003 - Brainboxes The 2003 RS Components Partner Day has arrived and given that RS supply over 300,000 products to over 80 markets worldwide it should be astounding. RS seem to cherish each customer by providing incredible services such as 24/7 order receipt and processing as well as free next day delivery. The show promises to yield a plentiful turnout of RS suppliers from approximately 25 countries. The venue will be at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby.

BL-565 Bluetooth CompactFlash Card Obtains Japanese TELEC Regulatory Approval

11 September 2003 - Brainboxes We are delighted to announce that Japanese TELEC Regulatory Approval has been obtained for our latest revision of our Bluetooth Compact Flash Product. The BL-565 has already gained significant early sales in Japan, and we are confident that this trend can continue following Japanese Regulatory Approval.

Point of Sale Applications benefit from RS232 Bluetooth Converter

18 June 2003 - Brainboxes Brainboxes announced today that its RS232 to Bluetooth converter is now in use in a wide range of applications including cashless point of sales (POS) systems and retail printers. Brainboxes BL-521 is a Class 1 Bluetooth radio, which means that devices can be connected wirelessly up to at least 100 metres, and is aimed at a vast range of applications especially within the retail, industrial, and banking sectors, which are traditionally fitted with serial connections. The BL-521 converter is available now from their website.

Brainboxes releases first in range of Universal PCI Cards

08 May 2003 - Brainboxes Brainboxes, the 19-year veteran serial card specialist, has launched a range of two-port and four-port serial card products for the new Universal PCI standard which supports either 3.3V or 5V PCI buses. They are available in standard or Low Profile PCI form factor and are ideally suited point of sale, banking, kiosk, and test and measurement applications. Brainboxes is now shipping the four-port PCI card (model CC-701) its two-port cards (CC-734) and Low-Profile versions (two port CC-253 and four port CC-260).

Four more RS232 products Windows XP logo approved

22 April 2003 - Brainboxes Following the announcement earlier this month that Brainboxes' first four RS232 products had been certified 'Designed for Windows XP', Brainboxes is pleased to announce that 4 additional products from our top selling range of serial cards have passed the Windows Hardware Quality Laboratory tests.

Brainboxes present 'Boosting Productivity' in conjunction with the Manufacturing Institute

15 April 2003 - Brainboxes Brainboxes will be presenting a seminar in conjunction with the Manufacturing Institute entitled 'Boosting Productivity, as part of the Manufacturing Institute's Factory Network Series. We will present a 'stunning example of how you can rapidly improve your manufacturing process and increase sales in a matter of weeks'.

Top selling serial cards now Designed for Windows XP

10 April 2003 - Brainboxes We are pleased to announce that our top four RS232 cards have received WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) approval from Microsoft. The cards will each carry the Designed for Windows XP logo and are ideal for retail, banking, test and measurement or industrial equipment - all of which will benefit from the knowledge that the Brainboxes' card meets Microsoft's Designed for Windows XP standards. Brainboxes' other top selling serial cards are expected to follow suit within the next few weeks.

Brainboxes awarded 'Investor in People' status

24 January 2003 - Brainboxes Brainboxes today announced its accreditation as an 'Investor in People'. Brainboxes has met the criteria for the coveted award, fulfilling the key principle of commitment to the continued and measured development and training of staff. Investors in People is a national standard which sets a benchmark of good practice for training and development of people in order to achieve business goals.

USB Bluetooth Adaptor Designed for Windows XP

08 January 2003 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has announced that its USB Bluetooth product has been approved by Microsoft Corporation's rigorous Designed for Windows XP logo program qualification process. The Brainboxes USB adaptor - has been approved by the Windows Hardware Quality Labs which means that it will now carry the Designed for Windows XP logo.

RS232 to Bluetooth Converter Launched

10 December 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has announced an addition to its extensive range of Bluetooth adaptors for PCs, with its latest RS232 to Bluetooth converter for the widest range of products with RS232 connectors - from PCs to label printers, test equipment to modems. Brainboxes BL-521 is a Class 1 Bluetooth radio, permitting devices to be connected wirelessly up to at least 100 metres and is likely to see a vast range of applications especially within the industrial and banking sectors.

New Products Shown at Bluetooth Developer Conference 2002

25 November 2002 - Brainboxes The new Brainboxes BL-521 RS232 Bluetooth Converter took centre stage in San Jose when we attended the Bluetooth Developer Conference between 10-12 December 2002. Visitors could see the converter in action sending information from an oscilloscope to the PC over Bluetooth, as well as our full range of PC connectivity products at the Brainboxes stand.

Brainboxes RS232 Bluetooth Adaptor With 100m Range

30 October 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has launched a Bluetooth RS232 adaptor, the BL-510, which plugs in to the standard RS232 serial port of any PC and provides a Bluetooth transceiver and antenna. The adaptor facilitates wireless connection to a variety of other Bluetooth devices such as printers, notebook PCs, PDAs, mobile phones and headsets. Brainboxes' RS232 adaptor is fully qualified to v1.1 of the Bluetooth specification and is available now from the blueunplugged.com website amongst others.

Brainboxes Achieve FCC Approval for Bluetooth CompactFlash Card

28 October 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes today achieved Federal Communications Commission approval for its Bluetooth CompactFlash Card. The approval means that the device can now be sold to consumers within the United States. Peter Gray, Brainboxes' Business Development Manager said, 'This further product certification, in this case into the vast US market, continues our inexorable quest to achieve global product approval for our world class bluetooth range.'

Brainboxes Achieve FCC Approval for Bluetooth USB Adaptor

15 October 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes today achieved Federal Communications Commission approval for its Bluetooth USB Adaptor. The approval means that the device can now be sold to consumers within the United States. Peter Gray, Brainboxes' Business Development Manager said, 'This further product certification, in this case into the vast US market, continues our inexorable quest to achieve global product approval for our world class bluetooth range.'

Brainboxes Celebrates 18th Birthday With ISO Success

01 October 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes today had dual cause for celebration; their 18th Birthday, and news that the company had successfully secured its ISO status for a 9th consecutive year.

Brainboxes Receives Qualification for Bluetooth Software Suite

13 August 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes have received full qualification for their Bluetooth software suite, ensuring full Bluetooth 1.1 compliance and seamless interoperability with Bluetooth devices from other manufacturers. This makes Brainboxes one of the few companies worldwide to have developed the complete Bluetooth end user solution - both hardware and software. The easy to use, fully customisable software is designed to provide a simple way for end users and system integrators to add Brainboxes Bluetooth products into their systems. A wide range of Bluetooth products are available from Brainboxes, including Type I Compact Flash, USB and Type II PCMCIA.

Brainboxes Release Low Profile Cards to High Profile Customers

08 July 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes announced two new low profile PCI communications cards for space-constrained system designs. The two port and four port cards, which are less than 85mm in height, have been released in response to market demand from sectors such as banking, hotel and retail where Brainboxes already supply Fujitsu, Reuters and IBM. The two cards will complement a one port version released to coincide with the launch of Low Profile PCI as a standard in February 2000.

Brainboxes Announces CompactFlash Chip and Reference Design for Simpler, Seamless Bluetooth

12 June 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes announced a new CompactFlash interface ASIC that will shrink the active parts count of Bluetooth CF and PCMCIA cards to two chips. The new ASIC will also form the core of Brainboxes and CSR's CompactFlash reference design, enabling glueless interface (no extra components needed) to both CompactFlash/16 bit PCMCIA bus and CSR's BlueCore Bluetooth chips. It marks a major step for Brainboxes in their ongoing strategy of in-house development of key hardware and software components, and is the first in a series of announcements from Brainboxes' new partnership with CSR, whose BlueCore chips power 70% of the world's Bluetooth designs.

Brainboxes Releases USB Bluetooth Adaptor

12 June 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has announced their first USB design for Bluetooth, expanding their range to cover all common interface ports. The adaptor and software drivers add simple, no battery Bluetooth functionality to any computing device with a USB port. The new adaptor is based upon Cambridge Silicon Radio's BlueCore02 chip, thus ensuring flawless compatibility and performance. The adaptor also includes on board flash memory making it user upgradeable to the latest version of the Bluetooth specification.

Brainboxes form Co-Development Partnership with CSR

07 June 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes, the Bluetooth and serial PC add on specialists, and CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) have announced that they are to partner to allow Brainboxes to develop integrated, accredited Bluetooth reference designs which will help speed time to market for manufacturers seeking to include Bluetooth functionality in their goods.

Brainboxes Announce Plug and Play Bluetooth for Handhelds

17 April 2002 - Brainboxes Brainboxes, the Bluetooth and serial PC add on specialists, announced at the Microsoft EMEA Mobility Developer Conference that their Bluetooth CompactFlash card is fully supported by the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system for true plug and play capability. The new card is fully supported on any device running Windows CE .NET that has Bluetooth enabled. Designed and manufactured in-house at Brainboxes' Liverpool facility, the Type I CompactFlash card is fully accredited by the Bluetooth SIG and is designed for use with portable computing devices such as handheld PCs, PDAs and laptops.

Owen Scullion Becomes Brainboxes' Sales Manager

17 January 2002 - Brainboxes Following 2 successful years as a Sales Executive at Brainboxes, Owen Scullion has been appointed to the post of Sales Manager at growing North-West based technology company, Brainboxes. Eamonn Walsh, Managing Director of Brainboxes comments, 'Having both worked at a senior management level in Kodak and run his own business for many years, Owen brings a wealth of experience, organisational skill & maturity to this role. This coupled with his two years service at Brainboxes will enable him to apply his talents to the company's best advantage.'

Brainboxes Managing Director to Feature in BBC Budget Debate

26 November 2001 - Brainboxes Brainboxes Managing Director Eamonn Walsh has been selected by the BBC to feature on its 2001 Budget Special coverage. Eamonn will be one of 3 UK manufacturing experts on the programme, and will be asked to give pre and post-Budget opinions and provide on-going analysis of the Budget measures as they are announced from the House of Commons by Gordon Brown.

Brainboxes' Quality Management Achieves New ISO Standard

16 November 2001 - Brainboxes Brainboxes has announced that its Quality Management System has successfully been audited against the new ISO9001:2000 Standard, following audits within the company's Manufacturing, R&D and Purchasing Departments.

Brainboxes Provide Complete Bluetooth Solution With Major Software Launch

12 November 2001 - Brainboxes Brainboxes announced the release of its Bluetooth Software Stack, with support for Microsoft's newly unveiled operating system, WinXP. The software stack release, follows the announcement earlier in the year, that Brainboxes had become one of only a handful of companies world wide to get two PC based products Bluetooth qualified to the 1.1standard. Now this complete hardware and software solution from Brainboxes, will allow OEMs and application developers to seamlessly add Bluetooth wireless connectivity to all Microsoft Windows PC based systems, including WinXP.

Brainboxes and Orchid See First Signs of Bluetooth Technology Getting its Teeth into the UK Market

15 October 2001 - Brainboxes Leading UK based communication card manufacturer, Brainboxes, has announced the appointment of Orchid UK as an official distributor of their products. The alliance, which will see Orchid selling the whole range of Brainboxes products, represents Orchid's first move into the Bluetooth wireless communication technology market.

Brainboxes' Bluetooth PC Card Now Qualified to Operate with Norwood Systems Enterprise Mobility

10 September 2001 - Brainboxes Norwood Systems, developer of office networks for the wireless generation, announces that EnterpriseMobility is now able to interoperate with PC cards from leading PC communications card manufacturer, Brainboxes.

Brain Boxes' Bluetooth PC card now qualified to operate with Norwood Systems Enterprise Mobility

10 September 2001 - Brainboxes Norwood Systems, developer of office networks for the wireless generation, announces that EnterpriseMobility is now able to interoperate with PC cards from leading PC communications card manufacturer, Brain Boxes.

La Caixa sign up for more of same as Brain Boxes technology proves a success in Spain!

31 July 2001 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, through a strategic partnership with IBM, have secured further orders for supplying 2000 PCI 3 Port RS232 serial cards to Spanish bank group La Caixa. The deal, worth in the region of $500,000, follows Brain Boxes successful fulfilment of an initial order for 18,000 cards.

La Caixa Sign Up for More of the Same as Brainboxes Technology Proves a Success in Spain

31 July 2001 - Brainboxes Brainboxes, through a strategic partnership with IBM, have secured further orders for supplying 2000 PCI 3 Port RS232 serial cards to Spanish bank group La Caixa. The deal, worth in the region of $500,000, follows Brain Boxes successful fulfilment of an initial order for 18,000 cards.

Lack of a Port Sees Major Sales Dock at Brainboxes

05 July 2001 - Brainboxes North west based technology company Brainboxes has seen a huge 400% rise in the sales figures of their PCMCIA serial port cards over the past 12 months, as a result of many PC and laptop manufacturers actually missing this vital connection point. Brainboxes have been manufacturing the PCMCIA serial port card for some time, but have experienced a sudden and dramatic upturn in sales of the product. Stephen Evans explains: 'Many large companies have sales forces that use the RS232 port to connect to personal data assistants or to mobile phones. The removal of this port from many laptops, has left them in a difficult position.'

Lack of a port sees major sales dock at Brain Boxes!

05 July 2001 - Brainboxes North west based technology company Brain Boxes has seen a huge 400% rise in the sales figures of their PCMCIA serial port cards over the past 12 months, as a result of many PC and laptop manufacturers actually missing this vital connection point.

Brain Boxes rally at Monte Carlo as Bluetooth wireless technology sets the standard

26 June 2001 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the world leading PC communications card manufacturer, returned from a particularly successful Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo last week, to the excellent news that its PCMCIA and CompactFlash Bluetooth products had been upgraded to the Bluetooth 1.1 standard.

Brainboxes Rally at Monte Carlo as Bluetooth Wireless Technology Sets the Standard

26 June 2001 - Brainboxes Brainboxes returned from a particularly successful Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo last week, to the excellent news that its PCMCIA and CompactFlash Bluetooth products had been upgraded to the Bluetooth 1.1 standard.

WizCore and Brainboxes Join Forces to Create First Application using PC Cards with Digital Voice Support

05 June 2001 - Brainboxes WizCore and Brainboxes today unveiled one of the first implementations of Bluetooth PC hardware to support digital voice. The demonstration, shown on the Brain Boxes booth at the annual Bluetooth Congress, allows a user to transmit voice signals to the PC, using a Bluetooth device such as the Ericsson headset or a cordless telephone. The software enables the user to make an IP telephony call over a Bluetooth connection.

WizCore & Brain Boxes join to create first application using PC cards

05 June 2001 - Brainboxes WizCore and Brain Boxes today unveiled one of the first implementations of Bluetooth PC hardware to support digital voice. The demonstration, shown on the Brain Boxes booth at the annual Bluetooth Congress, allows a user to transmit voice signals to the PC, using a Bluetooth device such as the Ericsson headset or a cordless telephone. The software enables the user to make an IP telephony call over a Bluetooth connection.

Brain Boxes get teeth into revolutionary technology with new production line

18 April 2001 - Brainboxes Liverpool-based technology company Brain Boxes, one of only a handful of companies world-wide with two qualified Bluetooth products currently in production, has demonstrated its commitment to wireless communications by installing a second production line, one that is dedicated solely to the manufacture of accredited Bluetooth products.

Brainboxes Get Teeth Into Revolutionary Technology with New Production Line

18 April 2001 - Brainboxes Liverpool-based technology company Brainboxes, one of only a handful of companies world-wide with two qualified Bluetooth products currently in production, has demonstrated its commitment to wireless communications by installing a second production line - one that is dedicated solely to the manufacture of accredited Bluetooth products.

Brainboxes Lead the Way with Accreditation of a Second Bluetooth Product

10 April 2001 - Brainboxes The Bluetooth Special Interest Group have granted approval to a second Brainboxes designed and manufactured product, the 'CompactFlash Bluetooth Card'. This makes Brainboxes one of just a handful of companies world wide to get two PC based products qualified by the Bluetooth SIG.

Brain Boxes lead the way with accreditation of a second Bluetooth product!

10 April 2001 - Brainboxes The Bluetooth Special Interest Group have granted approval to a second Brain Boxes designed and manufactured product, the 'CompactFlash Bluetooth Card'. This makes Brain Boxes one of just a handful of companies world wide to get two PC based products qualified by the Bluetooth SIG.

Brain Boxes and CSR join forces to make Bluetooth purchases a reality

26 March 2001 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes Limited and Cambridge Silicon Radio unveiled a working vending machine enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology on the Microsoft booth at the WinHEC Conference in Anaheim.

Brainboxes and CSR Join Forces to Make Bluetooth Purchases a Reality

26 March 2001 - Brainboxes Brainboxes Limited and CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) unveiled a working vending machine enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology on the Microsoft booth at the WinHEC Conference in Anaheim. The vending machine, based around a Windows PC, allows consumers with a device enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology, such as a Microsoft Pocket PC, to order drinks using credits stored on the device, thus eliminating the need for coins.

Mezoe and Brainboxes Collaborate to Provide Easier Bluetooth Route

22 March 2001 - Brainboxes Mezoe, the new wireless products business of Cambridge Consultants Limited (CCL), is collaborating with Brainboxes, helping them and their customers to make Bluetooth wireless technology easier to implement. This follows successful tests which showed complete interoperability between Mezoe's software and Brainboxes' hardware solutions.

Mezoe and Brain Boxes collaborate to provide easier Bluetooth route

22 March 2001 - Brainboxes Mezoe, the new wireless products business of Cambridge Consultants Limited, is collaborating with Brain Boxes, helping them and their customers to make Bluetooth wireless technology easier to implement. This follows successful tests which showed complete interoperability between Mezoe's software and Brain Boxes' hardware solutions.

Bluetooth rewards for million dollar investment

08 February 2001 - Brainboxes Two years of intensive research, and the investment of well over $2million, has paid off for Liverpool technology company Brain Boxes with the announcement today that it is one of the first companies in the World to achieve official approval of a PC based Bluetooth product.

Bluetooth Rewards for Million Dollar Investment

08 February 2001 - Brainboxes Two years of intensive research, and the investment of well over $2million, has paid off for Liverpool technology company Brainboxes with the announcement today that it is one of the first companies in the World to achieve official approval of a PC based Bluetooth product.

Brainboxes Doubles Its Sales Force

26 January 2001 - Brainboxes Braiboxes has doubled its sales force over the last six months to meet the increasing demand for its advanced PC based communication card products. The new appointments follow a period of strong growth in 2000, which has seen major technological developments of its PC add-on cards and Bluetooth wireless communication product ranges.

Brain Boxes' unique serial card secures IBM Spain deal worth $5 million

26 January 2001 - Brainboxes The news follows the announcement by IBM Spain that it has won a contract with La Caixa - one of the largest banks in Europe - to upgrade its computer systems. Over 18,000 PCs will be fitted with Brain Boxes' 3 Port PCI-Serial Card before installation at the Spanish bank

Brain Boxes doubles its sales force

26 January 2001 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes has announced today that it has doubled its sales force over the last six months to meet the increasing demand for its advanced PC based communication card products.

Brain Boxes all set for 2001 International CES

05 January 2001 - Brainboxes The Brain Boxes list of appearances at major International Exhibitions and Tradeshows kicks off for 2001 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 6th to January 9th 2001. The focus again is on the Brain Boxes range of Bluetooth products coming to market.

Brain Boxes low pcofile PCI Cards, Slim IS Beautiful!

05 January 2001 - Brainboxes In what is believed to be another 'world first', Liverpool technology company, Brain Boxes, has today announced the launch of its new Low Profile PCI 1-Port communications card.

Brainboxes All Set for 2001 International CES

05 January 2001 - Brainboxes The Brain Boxes list of appearances at major International Exhibitions and Tradeshows kicks off for 2001 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 6th to January 9th 2001. The focus again is on the Brain Boxes range of Bluetooth products coming to market. Brain Boxes' Marketing Manager, Stephen Evans, said 'our attendance at tradeshows throughout the world during 1999 and 2000 was essential in establishing our profile within the Bluetooth world. With our range of products about to emerge it is essential we consolidate our standing within the Bluetooth arena throughout the coming year, and this starts here at CES.'

Bluetooth ubiquity as Brain Boxes allies with BSquare

18 December 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading developer of Bluetooth products and solutions has teamed up with BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq: BSQR) to provide customers with another means of integrating Brain Boxes hardware products into supported Windows operating systems, thereby reducing development time. The alliance between two companies at the leading edge of development of Bluetooth hardware and software products offers a formidable combination of knowledge base and products.

Brain Boxes hails Bluetooth developers conference a success!

14 December 2000 - Brainboxes Liverpool, England Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, today hailed the Bluetooth Developers Conference, held last week in San Jose, as yet another success in the company's quest to establish a firm foothold within the wireless communications market.

Brain Boxes/University of Liverpool announce major new Student Sponsorship Programme

12 December 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Liverpool yesterday announced a major new sponsorship partnership.

Brain Boxes gives second outing to Bluetooth CompactFlash Card

06 December 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, today showed off the world's first Bluetooth Type I Compact Flash Card here in San Jose.

Brain Boxes shows off world's first Bluetooth Type I Compact Flash Card

12 November 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, today showed off the world's first Bluetooth Type I Compact Flash Card here in Las Vegas.

Bluetooth development update from Brain Boxes

15 September 2000 - Brainboxes When Brain Boxes attended the Bluetooth Unplugfest in Sofia, France recently it was exciting to see the progress that all companies have made towards final release of products. Gavin Jewell, Brain Boxes Research and Development manager said 'The Unplugfest provided an excellent opportunity for us to test our Bluetooth software stack implementation with other companies' products.

Brain Boxes is the Key to NWDA's Innovation Strategy

12 September 2000 - Brainboxes The North West Development Agency's new Innovation Strategy, launched last week, aims to establish the North West as the Innovation Centre for the United Kingdom by the year 2020. While the strategy towards 2020 contains the four themes of Investing in Business and Ideas; Investing in People and Communities; Investing in Infrastructure and Investing in Image and Environment, the NWDA focuses primarily on the business sector from an innovative perspective.

Now 'Three into One' will go!

29 August 2000 - Brainboxes It was always going to take a 'brainbox' to challenge the old adage 'three into one won't go' but that's exactly what has been done for the launch of what is believed to be a 'world first' with a new 3 Port PCI Serial Card.

Brain Boxes' position at the forefront of Bluetooth Wireless Technology

10 July 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, is pleased to announce the launch of its new logo and brand image.

Brain Boxes announces PCMCIA type II Bluetooth Card

14 June 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, today announced the launch of their PCMCIA Type II Bluetooth Card, which will turn millions of portable PCs whether laptops or larger handhelds into Bluetooth devices.

Brain Boxes announces the Licensing of their Bluetooth Hardware and Software IP

06 June 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, are pleased to announce the licensing of the intellectual property for their Bluetooth hardware and software. The Brain Boxes software stack is one of the most widely used on the market, because not only is it being sold independently, but it is also used in every product in the Brain Boxes range of Bluetooth products, sold worldwide under the Brain Boxes name and under OEM.

Brain Boxes announces release of RS232 Bluetooth Dongle

06 June 2000 - Brainboxes Brain Boxes, the leading European designer and manufacturer of PC communications cards, today announced the launch of their RS232 Bluetooth Modules.