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:Great!

[commodore64_love]

Or... you could just carry a USB-to-microUSB adapter cable, and plug it into the laptop you brought with you, or your American friends' PCs.

Microsoft's using Vibrant to astroturf Bing?

[argent]

This is getting as bad as X10 and Netflix, we've got Microsoft using those nasty Vibrant in-page popups, to generate hits on Bing I assume... every time someone's mouse drifts over one of those popups they get another hit on Bing to inflate their popularity.

Re:Huh?

[evilviper]

Now all we need is a universal standard of (in the words of Douglas Adams) 'little dongly things' for everything else

Scott Adams is a comedian, not an electrical engineer.

The amperage only matters if it isn't high enough... A 10amp wall-wart can power your low-power devices just fine.

That just leaves polarity, connector, and voltage. There are PLENTY of universal power supplies out there which come with a dozen connectors, and the ability to switch polarity and voltages from 1 to 12 volts, covering just about everything but laptops...