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A man is known by the mobile phone he keeps! Since the mobile phone industry’s mammoth explosion newer devices are being released by the hour. So much is the rumpus that now if you have to buy a cell phone the decision taking process is not by any means uncomplicated. Go to any shop and you will be dazed, confused and amazed at the variety and models available.

This is one part of the problem, the other part is the non-standardization for instance every manufacturer has floated a different standard for charging the device, not to mention the audio out put ports, and other connectivity options. This makes it even more complicated and difficult to maintain a phone. If you forget to take your charger along say for instance to your office chances of finding a similar charger would be slim, in fact very slim.

Realizing this ordeal of the world’s some 4 billion mobile users ITU has now standardized the microUSB as the de fcato charging mechanism for mobile phones. This is indeed a great achievement, but one wonders what took them so long to do this in the first place? Phone manufacturers will now have to follow these directives and all devices will be charged via the same microUSB. The standard besides being convenient for the users is Green and will save 13.6 million tones of greenhouse gas emissions every year, so the next time you charge your device be sure that you are not polluting the environment.

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