We have 3 cellphones in this house — each with a different charger and plug. It’s a big pain, hugely inefficient, and wasteful of resources. Finally though, cellphone manufacturers have managed to get their act together:
It has taken more than 25 years, but mobile phone manufacturers have made a “groundbreaking” decision – to use the same charging plugs for all handsets.
An industry group containing the five dominant manufacturers – Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, LG and Sony Ericsson – has committed to using a micro-USB plug in all future models.
[Via : Plugging the gap, at last - New Zealand's source for technology news on Stuff.co.nz.]
Thanks to Oliver for the tip.
It’s about time. But then, really they’re just catching up to where they should have been 20 years ago: what I’d rather have is one of those charging ‘plates’ where you just lay the cellphone on top of it to be charged — along with all the other sundry gadgets that all have their own chargers. I’m sure I read about something like that recently. Oh, and can it please be solar powered?
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