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EC approves universal smartphone charger standards

article published on 30 December, 2010

The European Commission has approved standards for a new universal USB smartphone charger that will hopefully put an end to drawers full of proprietary chargers for year's worth of old phones. Based on the MicroUSB, the new standard has already been accepted by fourteen smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, Nokia and Samsung. All new smartphones from those companies will include ... [ read the full article ]

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21Q
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_ 		30. December 2010 @ 23:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Soooo ... what of America?
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KSib
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_ 		31. December 2010 @ 00:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by 21Q:
 Soooo ... what of America?
We seem to be left in the dust recently with some of this new tech. I don't think I like that.
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molsen
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_ 		31. December 2010 @ 09:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Problem is we believe we have the best (fill in the blank) when it comes to phones. Apple for sure will not adapt, unless it can benefit them. Then we have the cell companies that will want to have proprietary features on their phone, maybe through this channel.
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Interestx
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_ 		31. December 2010 @ 15:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
About time too.

If the industry is so self-obsessed & won't do it themselves (God knows they've had long enough to get around to it) then fine, force them through sensible regulation like this.
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