GSM To The Rescue
Posted onA few months back I read in a NYT Circuits (now called “Personal Tech”) article the eyeball’s equivalent to music to my ears: that the GSM Association (a cellphone-company trade group) said that its members have agreed to settle on a single, standard charger design for all cellphones – MicroUSB (what is currently used by Blackberries and Canon cameras) and that they will aim for New Year’s Day, 2012 as the deadline. Sweet.
So far, AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile and Vodaphone are all aboard. No word on whether Verizon or Sprint, both non-GSM carriers, are on board.
This means no more “do you have a charger that fits a ____ phone?” “Sorry, I only have one that fits a ____.” conversations. Gone will be the company emails that say, “Do you have a ____ charger for our ____ Client who is visiting?” The new question will be much simpler – it will just be, “Do you have a charger?” Period.
I cannot wait!