When I saw the GSM Association and a bevy of big partners were working on a universal phone charger I was giddy. I have drawer full of chargers and always have at least two in my backpack. Just think ...

Several companies have signed onto a pledge to work towards a universal phone charging solution based on the micro-USB standard. This was announced by the GSMA at the Mobile World Congress in ...

Asian consumers will also stand to gain from an agreement inked between handset makers and the European Commission (EC) to develop a universal phone charger, since mobile manufacturers will ...

Mobile phone industry body GSMA has announced that we'll be seeing a universal phone charger before the end of this year. About time! Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big ...

March 12, 2007 March 12, 2007 The world’s first universal mobile phone charger is being introduced at CEBIT this week. Designed by Professor Luigi Colani, a nearly 80-year-old legend in the field of ...

BOSTON - Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday renewed her call for the United States to follow the European Union's lead on universal chargers for smartphones and other mobile devices. "Consumers shouldn ...

Steps are being taken to standardize mobile-phone chargers, though a universal charger for all mobile devices will take longer. The Commission claims some of the credit for the agreement reached among ...

Major mobile phone makers have agreed to design a charger that will be compatible on most handset makes. They should be available from next year. The move should eventually mean you’ll no longer need ...

The 10 companies who control 90% of the European phone market have signed a deal which will see mobile phone chargers become universal by 2010. The group, which includes Apple, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, ...

Wouldn’t it be nice if all our mobile gadgets connected to one universal charger? According to the vice president of the European Commission, Gunter Verheugen, it’s not only possible, it’s already on ...