Would be nice if this made its way to the US too

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slashdot: "The European Commission is confident that all major cellphone companies have reached an agreement on a standard cellphone charger for consumers within the EU. 'People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new phone,' said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, LG, NEC,

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From what I've heard, many of the signatories are planning on simply providing adapter cables, and those would mostly be power-only (not data or audio).

On the good side, these adapters will likely be available in the US as well. On the bad side, they'll probably charge as much as the current power adapters for them, and you'll still need proprietary cables for anything beyond charging.