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Re:EU Parliament adopts resolution to set standards for clou... by herge on Thursday December 19, 2013 @11:02AM (#6935429)
They are also the same group that brought us usb charging for all phones (or at least throw around enough threats like this one for manufactures to start using usb cords for charging for the more pedant among you).
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Re:EU Parliament adopts resolution to set standards for clou... by sp332 on Thursday December 19, 2013 @11:43AM (#6935741)
I thought the phone manufacturers were behind that push? Also, how did Apple get out of that?
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Re:EU Parliament adopts resolution to set standards for clou... by herge on Thursday December 19, 2013 @12:09PM (#6935957)
Hah, phone manufacturers, agreeing on a standard instead of gouging people by selling expensive chargers!

I think that there was a draft EU directive to standardize on mini-usb, but it was scrapped after manufacturers voluntarily complied. Apple argued that their usb cable to lightning/doc connecter (which can charge from any usb charger/port/etc.) was required for analog speaker docs and the like, and the EU let it pass.

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Re:EU Parliament adopts resolution to set standards for clou... by sp332 on Thursday December 19, 2013 @01:16PM (#6936491)
Wait, are you saying they voluntarily complied or not?

Anyway I found some info: http://www.engadget.com/topics/mobile/2009/02/15/eu-commissi... Looks like the European Commissioner scared them, then http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/european-standardization-... the phone manufacturers agreed to the standard, followed by the CEN-CENELEC and ETSI officially mandating the standard, followed by (most) phones actually coming out with micro-USB.

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Re:EU Parliament adopts resolution to set standards for clou... by protomyth on Thursday December 19, 2013 @12:13PM (#6935996)
"how did Apple get out of that?"

They include an adapter in Europe.

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