We have 4 different mobile phones at my house. (What better way to express our individuality!) This leads to a rat’s nest of incompatible charger cables by the kitchen electrical outlet. But if we lived in Europe — and I’m voting for Sweden, woohoo! — this vexing problem would be a thing of the past. The EU has convinced mobile handset makers to create a standardized charger using a micro-USB connector. They hope that within 3-4 years all smartphones will be using the standardized charger, which will be sold separately from phones. A tech triumph for the bureaucrats from Brussels!

Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
on June 30, 2009 - 9:05 am

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