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Story: A plug for sanity

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About bloody time!

This really can't come fast enough - I have a bed-side drawer full of old phone power blocks - it's just madness.

Now that this standard has been proposed - it really highlights how the consumer has been played for years by these handset manufacturers and retailers. Charging twenty quid or more for a power block so that you can keep one at work and one at home is just outrageous.

The environmental issues are a big concern too - there are millions of junked handsets out there - but probably at least a third more power blocks floating about - which I am guessing aren't easy to recycle.

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola - nice to see that you have decided to clean up your act but it's been a long time coming!

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