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Micro-USB Cellphone Charger Becomes EU Standard

Posted by timothy on from the wish-they-seemed-stronger dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Commission has put into effect a June 2009 agreement stating that major cellphone manufacturers should standardize their charging/data connection ports to the popular Micro-USB format. CEN-CENELEC and ETSI provided the standards by which these 14 companies will abide to make cell phone recharging and data transfer easy." Apple may even bring the next-gen iPad along for the ride.

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  1. Re:And will this allow for innovation still? by gmhowell · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, just like laws requiring someone march in front of a car, announcing it is coming, kickstarts coming with electric start bikes, and so forth. Progress, ain't it grand?

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  2. Re:US by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Troll

    The invisible hand self-organized a Standards committee which mandated the use of the mini-USB for cellphones, and which most manufacturers are now following. It's the same way that the invisible hand self-organized committees to standardize on PCI and PCI-express for desktops.

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