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Mobile Industry (Minus Apple) Embraces Universal Phone Charger
Mobile Industry (Minus Apple) Embraces Universal Phone Charger
Several mobile phone companies on Tuesday announced a plan to adopt a universal cellphone charger, making it possible, at long last, for consumers to get rid of the tangle of incompatible old chargers filling up the bottom drawer of their desks. Spearheaded by the Group Special Mobile ...
Apple buying up available flash RAM supplies for next iPhone
appleinsider.com — A report issued on the flash RAM market indicates that Apple is inhaling supplies of memory components... in preparation for the next generation iPhone, causing part shortages and raising the spot price for memory. (more) Apple buying up available flash RAM supplies for next iPhone
New Chinese iPhone talks target May 17 — UPDATE
New Chinese iPhone talks target May 17 — UPDATE
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — Has Apple switched horses in China? That’s the thrust of a pair of news reports out of... Beijing this week that suggest a deal to carry the iPhone in China could be reached as early as May 17. The first report, published Monday by ... (more) New Chinese iPhone talks target May 17 — UPDATE
Apple drops 20-inch Cinema display, 30-inch may follow
appleinsider.com — Apple on Thursday discontinued its legacy 20-inch Cinema Display, reducing its external display offerings to just two... options: it's new LED-lit 24-inch display for notebooks and its legacy 30-inch display for desktops. (more) Apple drops 20-inch Cinema display, 30-inch may follow
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Mobile Industry To Push Universal Phone Charger
GadgetReview — ... includes Nokia, LG, and AT&T, among others (but not Apple), are committing to use the Micro USB standard on all their cellphones by January 1, 2012. Once this goes into effect any cellphone under this proposal will be able to charge using any standard Micro USB cable plugged into an outlet, laptop, desktop, etc. I say kudos to this initiative as it’ll disentangle the world from the mass of old, unused cell phone chargers. [Wired] ...

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