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June 30th 09, 01:18 PM
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Finally, the GPS manufacturers realize a common power supply is the right approach
As a followup to the two-year old article
A portable GPS should use standard mini-USB power (but which ones do)? http://groups.google.com/group/sci.g...c54a0185621cc9 Note the Europeans finally, two years later, have made the small USB connector the standard for power supplies starting next year! Micro-USB to be universal EU phone charger http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=1964 Hopefully this adherance to standards will migrate to the United States so that all our portable electronics uses the same port for charging and data. IMHO, the following should all use a standard-sized power/data port: 1. Cellphones 2. Earbuds 3. GPS 4. Cameras 5. Disks 
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June 30th 09, 06:41 PM
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Finally, the GPS manufacturers realize a common power supply is the right approach
Sam Wormley wrote:
I'd rather see the power consumption of all devices reduced to the point that the can be operated from solar power and ambient EMR without the need to plug into anything. Unfortunately so much kit these days uses power to pump out EMR as BT, WiFi etc that there is no way we are going to be able to glean more than a tiny %age of it back again. Most will still add to global warming as low-grade energy... Mike. -- If reply address is invalid, remove spurious "@" and substitute "plus" where needed.
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June 30th 09, 10:22 PM
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Finally, the GPS manufacturers realize a common power supply isthe right approach
I would love to see it happen. But it is not mainly because most
manufacturers only want you to upgrade . And to use common parts does not help it. The worst part as far as I know in the tech field is printer cartridge. Go to any Staples or Office Depot you will be surprised with the variety of cartridges all of which can be standardised. Nowaday they lose money on selling you the printer but they make up the profit more than enough in selling you the cartridge Daniel sarah bennett wrote: As a followup to the two-year old article A portable GPS should use standard mini-USB power (but which ones do)? http://groups.google.com/group/sci.g...c54a0185621cc9 Note the Europeans finally, two years later, have made the small USB connector the standard for power supplies starting next year! Micro-USB to be universal EU phone charger http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=1964 Hopefully this adherance to standards will migrate to the United States so that all our portable electronics uses the same port for charging and data. IMHO, the following should all use a standard-sized power/data port: 1. Cellphones 2. Earbuds 3. GPS 4. Cameras 5. Disks
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