Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Update: This ...
If you’re like the rest of us, you’ve got a pile of chargers left over from retired cell phones. You can’t use them with your new phone, but finding an innovative way of recycling the tangled up mass ...
Starting next year, Apple and other cell phone manufacturers will begin selling data-enabled phones in Europe that have standard for cell phone chargers. Marguerite Reardon Former senior reporter ...
Seventeen mobile phone manufacturers and operators have committed to develop standards for universal cell phone chargers by 2012. The initiative, led by the European mobile communications organization ...
The U.N. telecoms agency said Friday it has approved technology for a universal cell phone charger that aims to reduce the confusion, clutter and waste caused by today’s proliferation of devices. The ...
SHANGHAI &#151 China will start to enforce a compulsory universal cell phone charger standard this month. Some see it as a benefit, while others are grumbling that it will add cost and cause hassles ...
The new chargers will use a micro-USB plug, similar to that used for digital cameras, to enter the cell phone for charging, said Sarah Parkes, spokeswoman for the International Telecommunication Union ...
Get a new mobile phone — and toss yet another old, incompatible phone charger. The GSMA mobile phone industry association promises to make that wasteful practice a thing of the past. The group on ...