Posts Tagged ‘Mobile phone’

‘Has anyone got a Nokia charger?’

‘Has anyone got a Sony Ericsson charger?’

There is nothing more annoying than trying to find a charger when your phone is on its last legs and nobody around has the one that you need, but wouldn’t it be nice if there was one charger that worked with all models of mobile devices so you could always have a way of topping up your battery life?

Well over the next year or so the majority of mobile manufacturers will be introducing the micro-USB connection as the standard means of charging your mobile phone. Nice one mobile phone companies, you have just solved one of life’s little problems.

The benefits of having an universal standard means that most people will be able to charge-up wherever they want through a micro-USB cable. It is also said to be beneficial for the environment as the GSMA estimates that the new standard will prevent 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers per year and will reduce carbon emissions annually by 13.6m tonnes.

The new standard charger was approved by the International Telecommunication Union, a branch of the United Nations after input from the industry body GSMA recommended that there should be an universal standard for charging mobile phones.

Although this new standard will not be mandatory to all manufacturers it is expected that the majority of mobile phone manufacturers will sign up to the standard as many companies are already using the micro-USB connection including, HTC and Blackberry.

Sony Ericsson has said that they will adopting the new standard on their new products, however other manufacturers such as Apple, may be reluctant to do so due to patents on their connections.

It is nice to see technology companies agreeing on a mutual way of working together for the benefit of consumers as well as a way of helping to reduce carbon emissions.

It will be interesting to see if the other manufacturers follow Sony Ericsson’s lead……. no pun intended!