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Apple joins in push for mobile phone charger connection standard in Europe

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USB connector types, Micro USB on the far left.

According to Reuters, Apple has joined other mobile phone manufactures in backing a European Union initiative to standardize mobile phone charger connections to the Micro USB connector type. Under the agreement, phones compatible with the standard connections will be available in Europe starting next year. Apple is joined in this effort by Nokia, Sony Ericson, Motorola, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, and Texas Instruments.

This should be good news for mobile phone users as once fully implemented we need no longer worry about what type of plug our particular mobile phone accepts when the battery has run flat.

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