I am elated to finally see news of a universal phone charger. I have a metal basket in my kitchen full of chargers. There's an old Palm charger, a Blackberry charger, several for phones I don't own anymore, and several for phones that I do. This appears to be an agreement across the EU, but I can only imagine that this marks the beginning of the end for wall warts as we all know them. As CNET reports:
The initiative has many advantages. For one it makes it much easier for consumers who no longer have to worry about losing their one and only cell phone charger. It also cuts down on waste since people can reuse their cell phone chargers when they get a new phone. Even though some cell phone manufacturers were reluctant to give up their proprietary cell phone chargers for fear that it would make it easier for customers to switch to new phones from competitors, eventually standardizing on one technology will help these manufacturers reduce costs.
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