It’s about time there’s a standard for phone charging port.  Even though the push is in Europe, US consumers will also feel the ripple effect as phone makers standardize on microUSB. That’s great news all around!  This scheme is lead by the European Commission, and have support from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, LG, RIM, Qualcomm, Samsung, Texas Instruments and even Apple (wow, Apple – really?)

Many phones are already using microUSB for charging and data connectivity, but starting in 2010, expect to see a whole lot more.  Chris brings up an interesting point about Apple’s proprietary dock connector.  Is Apple really jumping on the microUSB bandwagon?