Universal Phone Charger Approved By UN Body

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 24, 2009 @12:15AM from the but-i-like-the-seventeen-i-have dept.

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."

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Re:Great! by commodore64_love · 2009-10-24 01:01 · Score: 1, Offtopic

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.

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