Thank goodness! You know what I hate? When I buy a new mobile phone, and because its a different model than my last one, I have to purchase a new in house and car charger for it. Or when I go to my folks house, and I can’t use one of their mobile chargers, as theirs are different models than mine. I mean, how often have I wondered: why can’t they just make them all the same?

Well, it looks like I’m about to get my wish, as a group of major mobile phone producers are planning to produce universal power sockets by the year 2012. All of the handsets from these manufacturers ill contain a micro USB charging port, which of course, is also used to transfer data from mobiles to computers, and vise versa.

Who’s participating? So far companies who have agreed to the change are: LG, Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Motorala. That’s right, pretty much all the big boys are in on this one, so get ready to be able to charge all of your families phones interchangeably.