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Originally Posted by Conor
It's strange. Not so many years ago, every mobile phone manufacturer had a different charger and people complained about the lack of standardisation. Now when nearly every gadget uses USB charging, people who probably have at least one charger and two cables, complain when they buy something new without a charger in the box.  |
Well, there are at least three standards for USB charging which doesn't help.
And just when we finally got around to standardizing on mini-USB, micro-USB came along to make our lives difficult (the original Nook was actually my first micro-USB device).
But I get your point.
I actually have two "standard" USB chargers at my bedside that I use interchangeably, and I have my eye on a surge protector with built-in USB charging ports. The idea that the new Kindles and the new Nook Touch packaging don't come with chargers is actually a welcome one.
Not including a cable that I can use to connect my device to my PC or charger, though, is just obnoxious. While the Nook Color/Tablet cable is special, I can still use the charger that came with it for my other USB devices.