#Cable Standards

I mean, both the chargers and the data cables (since in some handsets, they are one and the same). We have tons of them -- the mini-USB, the micro-USB, serial cable, the SE, Samsung and LG proprietary ports, the iPhone, the HTC ports and so many more. I do understand some of the reason why they had to adapt their own power/data ports and it's primary because they don't want their own chargers/data cables being used by users for other branded handsets. Ok, so I lost my data/charger cable for my HTC Hero. I had to go around and look for a replacement data/charger cable to no avail. I also have another cable from my Google Nexus One, which is basically just a rebranded HTC handset, but that one uses a micro-USB. Can they just get along and adapt a single cable format? Read more in our articles including "A Call for Standards on Mobile Handset Cables" and "Infinix NOTE 60 Pro Yuna Gift Box now available in PH".