S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables

mrbill writes "Seems that South Korea and China have mandated Common Cell Phone chargers and data cables. No proprietary chargers and data cables any more. Must use USB for charging etc. "

But the FREE MARKET!

[Goaway]

But this is BAD NEWS because it's GOVERNMENT CONTROL which is EVIL because the FREE MARKET would produce the BEST RESULT for the CONSUMERS!

Re:Summary is wrong and so are you

[Tim C]

Well, I'm not wrong about the article summary being wrong, and I'm not wrong about not everyone having a computer with a USB port (and I never even mentioned laptops), so at best I'm wrong about the need for such a computer in order to charge via USB, which was implied. So, I'm 66% right; not entirely sure that constitutes being "so wrong".

Re:amperage

[bdonalds]

The average modern USB 2.0 port can provide upwards of 2000mA.

[snarky]So uhhh...have you ever seen the movie "Gone in 60,000 milliseconds"?[/snarky]

Re:Mostly good news for consumers

[blugu64]

"Even the series A receptacles would be fine if they weren't made of cheap pot metal you can bend with your index finger. There must be mil-spec versions."

I think it has been downhill since the good old DB-25 days. Now that would be a durable connector for a mobile!

Re:amperage

[Rob Riggs]

[snarky]So uhhh...have you ever seen the movie "Gone in 60,000 milliseconds"?[/snarky]

[even_more_snarky]No, did you see "Gone in 1 Minute?"[/even_more_snarky]

Re:Mandate

[egamma]

You DO realize that half the electricity used to make that post was generated by a coal plant, 20% caused by the artificial blockage of rivers, and 3% from nuclear power plants, right?