OMTB Recommends Micro USB for all Mobile Phones

September 18th, 2007

Open Mobile Terminal Platform announced that after an industry consultation a recommendation paper has been released to help make the change to one uniform cross manufacturer USB cable connector. This is in an attempt to standardize the connectors to allow for easier charging of portable devices.

The OMTP paper recommends that the Micro USB standard be used across mobile devices. According to Wiki, OMTP is technology neutral, with its recommendations intended for deployment across the range of technology platforms, operating systems (OS) and middleware layers.

Nokia is said to have played a pivotal role in pursuing the agreement to standardize according to the OMTP. This is very interesting to me; I thought mobile phone makers would see standardization as taking money out of their pockets by not allowing the sell of brand specific accessories for their handsets. There is no word on when this standardization will begin. Nokia says the reduction of cables needed they can improve user experiences.

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