Universal Phone Charger Approved By UN Body

andylim writes "Plans for a universal mobile phone charger have been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body. The charger has a micro-USB port at the connecting end, using technology similar to what is commonly used with digital cameras. It is not compulsory for manufacturers to adopt the new chargers, but the ITU says that some have already signed up to it. 'We are planning to launch the universal charger internationally during the first half of 2010,' Aldo Liguori, spokesperson for Sony Ericsson told the BBC."

Comments

Re:ITU, the folk who should run the WWW.

[LWATCDR]

really? how other than allowing the .xxx domain if you really think that would be an improvement. Just what has ICANN messed up so bad?
So far ICANN has done a really good job of messing things up and not censoring so I just don't see any need for change except for some silly need to fix a system that is working by making it more "international'. Sorry folks but most of the countries on this rock do not believe in freedom of speech. There are even counties in the EU that don't believe in the same level of political free speech as the US.
In the end you might get more freedom of porn and less freedom of ideas. Sort of a Internet version of Brave New World.

Re:Micro-USB?

[Anonymous Coward]

Charging rate is controlled by the Amperes you MUPPET.