October 25, 2009

UN Approves Universal Cell Phone Charger


Are you tired of having a million different connections for charging your cell phone, none of which are compatible with each other? Well so is the UN, and their Telecom Agency has now approved a universal cell phone charger to address this.

The universal charger will be in the mini-USB format, already found on many phones, which seems to be a good choice. For more details see below:

UN Approves Universal Cell Phone Charger
CNBC

The U.N. telecoms agency said Friday it has approved technology for a universal cell phone charger that aims to reduce the confusion, clutter and waste caused by today's proliferation of devices. The new chargers will use a micro-USB plug, similar to that used for digital cameras, to enter the cell phone for charging, said Sarah Parkes, spokeswoman for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

UN Approves Universal Cell Phone Charger

Posted at October 25, 2009 3:58 PM
Comments

goodddddd the best idea engineers that design cell phones ever had , congratulationsss

Posted by: enaudi at October 25, 2009 5:17 PM

Its about time

Posted by: G Blackwell at October 25, 2009 6:14 PM

about time. great idea... now do the same with batteries

Posted by: tom at October 25, 2009 7:07 PM

it is about time they did this it suprise me tgey didnt do this a long time ago

Posted by: gerrit westervoorde at October 25, 2009 7:23 PM

Since when does the UN decide what cell phone chargers everybody should use? This is getting creepy, I agree convenient, but creepy.

Posted by: Rick at October 25, 2009 9:37 PM

Aaaand the last horse finally crosses the finish line. Good job, next can we get on to that whole world hunger thing?

Posted by: michael at October 25, 2009 11:26 PM

>Since when does the UN decide what cell phone
>chargers everybody should use? This is getting
>creepy, I agree convenient, but creepy.

Since we started filling every waste dump with 10's of thousands of obsolete chargers every day. Believe it or not, this is a global, environmental issue. (a catasrophe of epic porportions)
China, [again, believe it or not], made a standard toward this end almost THREE years ago!!!

Posted by: xrazy green at October 25, 2009 11:55 PM

It took the UN to figure this out finally???What's next???? The EPA issuing permits so we can fart???

Posted by: Bruce at October 26, 2009 1:08 AM

Tell the UN to go straight to hell. They cant even feed starving children in Mexico or Africa never mind controlling private enterprise. I cant wait to see that crap hole building off my soil!

Posted by: GB Texas at October 26, 2009 1:19 AM

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