Handset Vendors Plug Micro-USB Charge Ports
ketan324 points to a Register story touting an agreement among several phone makers to settle on Micro USB for their phones’ charging ports, writing “It’s about time for these cellphone manufacturers to wise up and design a universal phone charger. Although many manufacturers have already ‘standardized’ to a mini-USB interface, there are many more out there who use proprietary adapters. I wonder how Apple will feel about this? Will they finally realize that their oh-so-special adapter is nothing more than a fudged USB interface?” No legislation required.
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