EU Standardizes Cell Phone Chargers
By Trevor Tran on Jun 29th, 2009 at 11:53PM
Today, the European Union announced an agreement between numerous mobile phone industry leaders to adapt the Micro-USB connector as the standard for charging data-enabled mobile phones. Signatories include Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Texas Instruments.
However, consumers shouldn’t necessarily expect to see a change in the charging port on the phones they buy. Compliance with this agreement only requires that manufacturers provide an adapter that will work with the Micro-USB standard.
EU stated that this agreement came out of a desire to simplify life for consumers and reduce waste generated by superfluous chargers. The first phones adhering to this compact should hit the market in 2010.
You can read the full document here.
via [Europa]