Comments on: Standardized Phone Charger Would be a Godsend

By: Maria Howard

Maria Howard — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:37:41 +0000

my car charger is well made and very tough. i use it all the time-~*

By: Me

Me — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:01:12 +0000

@ Bobman

Hmm, maybe because an USB port is too big (even for US parts ;)) ? Hence the ‘micro’. You can of course find some micro-USB to USB cords, that you could charge it from your PC/Mac.

But the point here is that manufacturers won’t try anymore -in the EU at least- to swindle you with crappy proprietary chargers and adapters sold at triple digits margins. Good news.

By: Bobman

Bobman — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:16:32 +0000

Why can’t we just use USB? I have other devices that charge off USB. The only outlier there is my Motorola phone; it uses USB but a different voltage so I need to have TWO USB chargers.