The mobile phone industry plans to introduce a universal charger as part of a drive to improve its previously patchy environmental record.The plan from industry body the GSM Association (GSMA) is just one of a raft of "green" announcements at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.Not only will it mean phone users no longer have to hunt for the right charger,but the specifications for the new device include a 50% reduction in standby energy consumption.
All five of the UK's mobile phone companies have signed up to the universal charger, as have the major handset manufacturers, and phones which can use the new charger - which relies upon the micro-USB connection found in the new BlackBerry Storm - will start appearing later in the year. By 2012, the GSMA has pledged that the majority of phones shipped around the world will use the universal charger.More at; http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/17/universal-mobile-phone-charger
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