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Standard Cellphone Chargers For Europeans

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the those-lucky-bastards dept.

k33l0r writes "The European Commission is confident that all major cellphone companies have reached an agreement on a standard cellphone charger for consumers within the EU. 'People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new phone,' said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung and Texas Instruments have all signed the agreement."

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  1. Re:So what's it gonna be? by furby076 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hahaha. You must be new here.

    ;) Just sometimes feel like an old man holding out for an ideal age where people read the article (or at least admit they didn't). Then again I still hold out for the day skittles will pop sunshine out of my ass.

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    I do not support "The Man". I also do not support your irrational stupidity
  2. Three cheers for government regulation! by quax · · Score: 4, Funny

    C'mon market fetishist mod me down!