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Old 04-12-2011, 06:40 PM
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As much as it irks my libertarian sensibilities, it would be nice if some standard were defined and enforced for this. Seems to be coming to fruition with cell phones and the micro-USB chrage/sync connector the EU seems to have settled on.
Agreed. It's massively irritating.

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Just got a HP Slate, whose little power brick was identical in spec and even physical size to an HP Mini I had, but the connectors were vastly different, requiring me to buy yet another extra brick for travel and as a hedge against the one dying.
Glad to hear you got your dream device - I'm curious to see if it lives up to your expectations. That would personally drive me nuts that they didn't use a standardized connector on it.
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