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EU Commissioner Wants Standard For Mobile Phone Connectors

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the things-that-will-never-happen dept.

Jantastic writes "European Commissioner Günter Verheugen wants manufacturers of mobile phones to come up with a standard connector for chargers and microphones. If companies fail to do so, proposed legislation should speed up this process. In theory, this could improve competition, while enabling longer life cycles for these devices."

3 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. Re:USB? by digitalchinky · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't suppose you know how many Chinese workers it takes to arrange their fingers into the shape of the USB connector? Not a bad gig if you are the kid pouring the boiling plastic, but, you know, it probably sucks a bit to be on the mould team.

  2. Re:USA Competition! by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You realize that the average person has 1 phone at 1 time? So much for your box of connectors, you're very atypical. Oh wait, you despise average people and wish them every affliction in the book.

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  3. Re:USB? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So far, it's lasted longer also.

    Say what now? That statement doesn't make sense. And I think that's because you're plain out lying.