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EU welcomes the microUSB as a standard phone charger socket

29 June, 2009 | Read the news | Post your comment
EU welcomes the microUSB as a standard phone charger socket - read the full textThe European Commission announced that most of the leading mobile phone makers have come to the agreement to adopt the microUSB port as a standard European charger socket. This will allow people to use one charger for all the handsets they have around the house. This is not only convenient...

 

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> In reply to CC @ 2009-06-30 14:32 from muym - click to readthis is a great move by EU. I think this should be done before. if all PC and laptop can have same common USB points why can't we do the same for phones?

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  • 2009-06-30 15:55
  • uNVA

Motorola default charger socket is micro USB from 2000 :d
Thank you Moto

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  • 2009-06-30 15:46
  • St}S

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-06-30 14:07 from MVg6 - click to readYou don't neet to have the net. Just use a mains electricity to USB converter or even a car charger will now take a USB plug. Hope this helps.

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  • 2009-06-30 14:32
  • muym

This is so good, places like airports now can have mobile charging stations, some do already but always your phone isn't compatable, hotels can also have the standard micro USB

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  • 2009-06-30 14:31
  • vkTF

Good pm people,Can You please produced Wi-fi and blue tooth capability charger

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  • 2009-06-30 14:20
  • t7FB

> In reply to Mel Chan @ 2009-06-30 03:46 from ubeW - click to readall good ideas, but not everyone has the net at home!

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  • 2009-06-30 14:07
  • MVg6

now thats a quality decision

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  • 2009-06-30 13:23
  • MVg6

Charger portability will be a great relief to many I believe. People will surely enjoy one-to-many relationship in mobile charging :)

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  • 2009-06-30 12:44
  • 25La

I personally have adopted this standard long ago, with a USB socket charger and adapters for all kind of phones.

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  • 2009-06-30 12:08
  • nDCV

Why not miniUSB?

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  • 2009-06-30 11:55
  • vadU

> In reply to abdul majid @ 2009-06-30 11:42 from S35r - click to readI already heard somewhere that you might be able to choose if you need a charger with your new phone therefore may reduce the price a little

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  • 2009-06-30 11:55
  • kDRj

strongly welcome the initiative ,adding on i would suggest that the customers should be able to choose if they want an accessory or not in result reducing the price of the phone they are purchasing now that would be an initiative for the manufacturers to take,nevertheless brilliant decision and jobs a good one for eu and manufacturers.

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  • 2009-06-30 11:42
  • S35r

Its good that it is a micro usb because its not proprietary

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  • 2009-06-30 11:39
  • kDRj

common sense has prevailed, if the manufacturers are producing handsets charged by micro usb for the e.u. market, then hopefully this will filter through to the rest of the markets.

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  • 2009-06-30 11:35
  • n5b{

Great work, Save World, Say no to pollution and global warming :).. cheers....

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  • 2009-06-30 11:33
  • ijKC

ok now we can have more than one brand with less cables.

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  • 2009-06-30 11:28
  • nauB

Its about time. Hopefully many more moves like these would be made soon to reduce the pollution by a considerable margin before mother earth kicks us back to the stone age.

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  • 2009-06-30 11:21
  • 2WYe

micro usb charger,data trasver and 3.5mm audio jack.that's great.

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  • 2009-06-30 11:09
  • p4{X

> In reply to OPTUS prime @_@ @ 2009-06-30 04:04 from PMTH - click to readI remember certain Canon IXUS model did support Bluetooth, however, as resolution and file size increase, the speed became unacceptable.

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  • 2009-06-30 10:51
  • Er2M

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-06-30 03:03 from 2A3h - click to readI agree it should be a world wide standard.... except if apple comes out with something better... then that must be made the standard

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  • 2009-06-30 10:46
  • vGqJ
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