about time! nearly all my win mobile phones have been mini usb, i get a new samsung wm6 and its different.

This gets repeated in the news about once every 18 months. Nothing ever comes of it. Manufacturers did for a while start adding mini-USB to their phones, but some have again since switched to incompatible micro-USB - I kid you not, you can't charge a Nokia 6500 Classic with a Motorola uUSB charger!

heh, I read that on the guardian earlier tonight.

it'll be ideal!

In a statement, Mitti Storckovius, director of environment, devices at Nokia said: "By supporting this industry initiative on common charging solutions, and enabling consumers to choose if they need a charger with every new device or can re-use existing ones, we can contribute further in improving the industry's environmental footprint."

Translation:

By charging the same price for mobile phones, but without including a charger in the box (sold separately or assume you already have one), we will leverage our profit margin significantly on all mobile devices.

what you said pink, I am surprised they haven't embraced this idea years ago!

Nokia the c***s changed to the smaller pin chargers (fair enough it was a good few years back now) and the so called 'spare' chargers were no longer spare!

HeardY - you can get little adaptors for old Nokia to new. They're cheap on eBay.

the new nokias even come with one these days
usb charging all the way none the less

wont be long before cars have a usb port