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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."

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  1. Too Bad by writerjosh · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's too bad this EU guy wants to insist on regulation. They need to let the consumers decide, not the gov.

    Let the best man (company) win. Don't stifle innovation with silly regulations.

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  4. Laptop batteries by multi+io · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is just more proof that the EU has a talent for demanding irrelevant stuff. If they must force companies to come up with a standard, then why not one for mechanical and electrical dimensions of laptop batteries? Rechargeable high-power batteries are real high-tech wear parts, so opening the market there and enabling battery manufacturers to sell their stuff directly to end users might actually stimulate competition and lower prices, right?