Acer Recall Laptop Batteries

April 25, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

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Finally Acer is joining Dell in recalling 27,000 of the Sony made batteries for its laptop, Affected models include a slew of TravelMate and Aspire notebooks sold between May 2004 and November 2006, as usual the company will replace the battery for free and this would likely be a big blow to Sony and its battery division again.

Check the official Acer Battery Exchange Program for the list of batteries that might be affected, my Acer laptop was not affected. Thank God!

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Toshiba and Fujitsu recall batteries

October 1, 2006 · Filed Under Sci and Tech · Comment 

Toshiba and Fujitsu recall batteries

I guess things are getting out of hand lately for Sony, with the much delay in PlayStation 3 and the competition between Blue-ray and HD-DVD war, not to mention the recall of batteries made by Sony. With their reputation going down the drain, Sony has a lot of image brushing up to do. This must have gone down in history as the biggest battery recall in history, to the extend that some airlines are banning the use of laptop while on board the plane. If only a laptop explode on board, would Sony be liable of the damange not to the laptop alone but to the plane and the safety of the passagers?

Toshiba is recalling 840,000 batteries across a wide swath of their laptop lines, in addition to the 340,000 they recalled a couple of weeks ago for an unrelated power-loss issue. Fujitsu is recalling Sony-made batteries from 19 of its laptop models, but no word on exact quantity of laptops.

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