Can someone tell me why we don't have this in U.S.?

The European Union has agreed on a cell phone charger universal standard -- at least among all of the big cell phone manufacturers.

The agreement by Nokia, Sony Ericsson and other industry majors will mean phones compatible with standard charging devices are available in Europe from next year, said the EU executive, which has pushed for such a deal.

"People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new phone," said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, estimating that unwanted phone accessories accounted for thousands of tons of waste in Europe each year.

The standard will be micro-USB.

Hopefully the phone manufacturers don't make the phones destined for the United States with a different size cell phone charger port.