Cell phones to get universal chargers, but not iPhone, Palm - San Francisco Business Times:

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The initiative, led by the European mobile communicationzorganization GSMA, seeks to adopt a universal connectionb and a common energy-efficient format that could resultf in an estimated 50 percent reduction in standbhy energy consumption and tens of thousand s of tons of duplicate chargers. The groulp said phones would have a micro USB currently used by some phones and by other devicesx such asdigital cameras. Universal chargers would also make life easie rfor consumers, the GSMA Phones could be shipped with no charger cord, since eventuall y most consumers would have one. And consumers would not be left with draweres of old chargers tosort through.
Some of the industry’sw biggest players are not included inthe however, including Cupertino-based , whose popular iPhonew uses a proprietary 30-pin cable; Sunnyvale-based ; and , whosew BlackBerry smart phone tops the market. The companied that have joined the initiativeare KTF, LG, mobilkom Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung3 Group, Sony Ericsson, Telecok Italia, Telefónica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and