Think the CTIA is only good for swank trade shows? Think again! It’s actually a trade group created to fight for your interests — or at least those interests of your duly elected wireless providers — and apparently top among those lists of interests is plug standardization. Yes, we’re not the only ones sick of still having a sprawling mess of a gadget charging station, so CTIA is saying that micro-USB will be the power standard for all handsets and mobile devices. Likewise, the 3.5mm audio plug will be the standard for audio output on those same gadgets. It’s shocking, we know, if only because we thought the entire gadget universe was already on board, with everyone and their mommas signing up for micro-USB and even HTC finally making room for a 3.5mm hole in the bottom of their handsets. These standards are set to go into effect in January of 2012, meaning we should get a good 11 months or so of dongle-free gadget harmony before the apocalypse.
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
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Original post by Tim Stevens
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