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Sprint: all phones to charge and sync through microUSB by 2012

03/22/2011, Last year, the European Union ordered phone manufacturers to make sure that their phones can all be charged using a microUSB charger – eliminating the need for separate chargers for different devices – an inconvenience that many consumers face at [...]

European standardization bodies formalize micro-USB cell phone charger standard

12/30/2010, It’s been about a year since Nokia, Apple, RIM, Motorola and other major cell phone makers out there agreed on a Micro-USB cell phone charger standard for Europe. Now the two key European standards bodies have gone through all the [...]

T-Mobile offers microUSB chargers with additional USB port

05/06/2010, T-Mobile is now seeling microUSB chargers that will not only juice up your cellphone, it also comes with another USB port that allows you to power another USB-compatible device simultaneously – now how about that! Definitely not the brightest idea [...]

Nokia N86 has microUSB problems as well

04/16/2010, Seems that the Nokia N86 which rolled out in Europe last summer is taking after the UK-released N900 and N97, where users have started to phone in with problems concerning the microUSB port. Apparently, a hign number of faulty Nokia [...]

microUSB Phone Charger Standard Agreed Upon

06/29/2009, This was certainly a long time in coming, but boy are we glad to see it finally happen. Nokia, Samsung, Apple and other notable cellphone manufacturers have agreed to adopt a standard microUSB phone charger sometime next year, with the [...]