Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Jun 2009 21:22 UTC, submitted by Governa
Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Texas Instruments have agreed to standardise their smartphone chargers in Europe using micro-USB. "The European Commission announced today that 10 mobile phone producers, which represent some 90 percent of the mobile phone market in the European Union, have signed a voluntary agreement to use standardized chargers for mobile phones using a micro-USB connector. The agreement addresses the EC's concern that mobile phone chargers create needless electronic waste." A single charger for everything! It almost brings tears to my eyes. Honestly. Even Apple. There it is. The tear.
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RE: hope for global standard
by JrezIN on Tue 30th Jun 2009 00:21
in reply to "hope for global standard"
Member since:2005-06-29
ACTUALLY, it's not that good news.
Manufacturers can provide a stupid dongle instead of the micro-USB connector... It was too good to be true.
Anyone hoping for Apple using standard connections can cry now:
"UPDATE: Apple's responded, and in a statement told Pocket-lint: "As we've said in the past, we are committed to the Apple dock connector and this initiative will not require us to change it. Today's memorandum gives manufacturers the option to provide an adapter that connects with the universal charger"
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/25149/next-iphone-charge...
Member since:
2005-06-29
now, that's news! (...and not the 2nd page type...)
I hope this move will not only be beneficial to EU users, but the hole world.
(I wish luck to Apple fans too. So they can use the micro USB cable for data too!)