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Standardised Mobile Phone Charger Coming to EU, Apple Joins

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: Even Apple?

by darknexus on Tue 30th Jun 2009 00:17 UTC in reply to "Even Apple?"

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2008-07-15

I wonder, is this the end of the nefarious 30-pin iPod cable?

Doubt it. More likely Apple will just include free iPod to MicroUSB adapters.

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RE[2]: Even Apple?

by JAlexoid on Tue 30th Jun 2009 07:34 in reply to "RE: Even Apple?"

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2009-05-19

"I wonder, is this the end of the nefarious 30-pin iPod cable?

Doubt it. More likely Apple will just include free iPod to MicroUSB adapters. "

The standardization calls for a Micro-USB port on the device itself.

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