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The CTIA Wireless Association, which is also holding a show at this very moment if you haven’t been reading Will and Simon’s blog posts from the show floor, is starting an initiative that will require all mobile phones sold in America to have a 3.5 mm headphone jack and microUSB port. If the initiative is successful, then when you go shopping for a mobile phone come January 2012, every single model (except the iPhone probably) will have standard ports. No adapters, no worrying about losing cables, in one word: heaven. “By simplifying input and output features on mobile devices, economies of scale will reduce consumers’ costs” said CTIA President Steve Largent, and while cost is one of the benefits of declaring a standard, consumer ease of use is the one that’s really important here.
[Via: AFP]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
