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> Another really excellent thing the EU did is to mandate mini USB as phone chargers Wasn't it the Chinese who originally mandated that? Either way, it's a goo
by cabalamat 13y ago
> Another really excellent thing the EU did is to mandate mini USB as phone chargers
Wasn't it the Chinese who originally mandated that? Either way, it's a good thing.
- mason240 13y agoGoogle mandated it for all phones with Android, which it when it became the de facto standard.
- Someone 13y agoAFAIK, the EU initiated that. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_External_Power_Supply http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_External_Power_Supply (and it is _micro_ USB. Not that much smaller than mini USB, but thinner and better, mechanically. See http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/18552/why-was-mini-usb-deprecated-in-favor-of-micro-usb http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/18552/why-was...)