Comments on: EU Set to See Single Charging Interface for All Cell Phones, Apple On Board http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: UNDUNTYTUNK http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350422 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:52:41 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350422 south park

]]> By: Apple News » Weekly App Store Picks: July 4, 2009 http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350421 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:10:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350421 [...] in the EU, several phone manufacturers have agreed on a standard charging interface for all cell phones, including Apple. The news of Apple signing up for this standard comes as a surprise. At first [...]

]]> By: Weekly App Store Picks: July 4, 2009 http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350420 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:02:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350420 [...] in the EU, several phone manufacturers have agreed on a standard charging interface for all cell phones, including Apple. The news of Apple signing up for this standard comes as a surprise. At first [...]

]]> By: Bookmarks feast — Early July | TechAwe http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350419 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:43 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350419 [...] EU Set to See Single Charging Interface for All Cell Phones, Apple On Board [...]

]]> By: Benoit http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350418 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:01:51 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350418 I meant NOT agred upon in the first sentence.

]]> By: Benoit http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350417 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:01:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350417 Useless if the electrical spec of those chargers is also agreed upon. A plug will do no good if it delivers the wrong power. Can’t find anyone addressing this. Anybody confirms that this is also part of the EU spec? What is that spec?

]]> By: Josh N. http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350416 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:36:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350416 A dock-connectable micro-USB adapter is required? What’s the point of using the standard if you still need a proprietary adaptor to attach the standard cable to the phone? That’s stupid. It’s easier to just use a dock cable.

]]> By: Darrell Etherington http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350415 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:43 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350415 Hey, you’re right about the image, but I do in fact have micro USB cables lying around, because I own a Mophie juice pack air and have had Blackberrys in the past, which also use the standard.

Cheers.

]]> By: Zack http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350414 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:02:35 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350414 This comment is apparently useless since my fellow readers are entirely correct in pointing out the authors mistakes in the differences between micro and mini… Please research your material before writing an article about it! You just make yourself look ignorant…

]]> By: Mike Perry http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/eu-set-to-see-single-charging-interface-for-all-cell-phones-apple-on-board/#comment-350413 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:07:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=27264#comment-350413 The others are right, mini USB isn’t micro USB. The former is probably what you have around the house. The latter dates from 2007 and isn’t that much smaller (just thinner), but as the wikipedia article you link to notes, it was designed to handle thousands of connect/disconnect cycles. It’s better, but we have to wade through yet one more standards nuisance to get there.

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