Los Angesles, Aug 30: Microsoft has won federal approval for a wireless adapter for its Xbox video game console that allows players to connect to the Internet without cabling, according to a posting on a regulatory Web site. The site for the Office of Engineering and Technology of the US Federal Communications Commission shows that approval for the unit was granted late on Thursday.
A Microsoft spokeswoman said the FCC posted the information about the device in error, but she confirmed the adapter had been approved. She said the government office had agreed to a request to keep product details confidential ahead of a planned product launch.
Microsoft declined to say when the launch would be.
The approval on the federal office's site includes a number of exhibits, among them internal and external photographs of the device, as well as the user's manual that would presumably ship with the product. Bureau Report