Anton Wahlman

The EU Stabs Apple in the Back

I agree that this makes sense for (almost) all market participants, such as RIM, Motorola, SonyEricsson, HTC, Nokia, Samsung and LG, because there is really no downside, and only the upside. Apple, however, will find it a pain to comply because it's got such a heavily invested ecosystem surrounding its 30 pin connector/dock.


On Jun 30 11:04 AM nishiko wrote:

> I think this is a great idea, because it's critical that countries
> take on environmental leadership and responsibility. This universal
> smart charger standard is an incredible idea... the cost/benefit
> ratio is exceedingly high in favor of the benefit. I'm glad the
> EU is taking environmentally responsible steps like this, as most
> other countries in the world seem unwilling to for whatever reason.
> And as you said, best of all, what they do often forces the same
> changes world-wide just on an economies of scale reason for most
> products. This only causes short term pain for some companies, but
> holds a great deal of long term rewards.