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  Nothing’s going right for the Japanese company in the past few days. Now Sony has announced to recall a whopping 1.6 million Bravia TVs that were sold from 2007. According to Sony, the LCDs that were sold during this period had a faulty component that could cause to overheat, melt and even catch fire. [...]

  Laptop recall has come back to hound Sony again. This time they’ve recalled 535,000 VAIO notebooks due to overheating. According to Sony, overheating is in their F and C Series VAIOs and is caused due to malfunctioning of the temperature control that transforms the shape of the unit. Sony received about 39 complaints for [...]

  Acer has recalled about 22,000 notebooks in the United States that poses a potential burn hazard to consumers. This recall is the same that Acer did in October. The models affected are AS3410, AS3410T, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG where the notebooks’ microphone wire under the palm rest short circuit and can cause some [...]

  UPDATE: Recall details for Indian Nokia consumers added here. Nokia today announced an exchange program of mobile handset chargers due to the possibility of a shock hazard. The faulty BYD-made Nokia chargers’ plastic cover become loose and separate, exposing the internal components and thus exposing to a shock when plugged in a live socket. [...]

  Sony has issued a recall of about 69,000 AC adapters sold with VAIO computers. The adapters were sold from September 2005 to October 2009 with VGC-LT and VGC-JS2 series computers and also with VGP-PRBX1 and VGP-PRFE1 docking stations. Though no one has been injured till now, Sony says they’ve received four incidents of adapters [...]

  Uh-oh! Looks like few Acer notebooks have run into a problem that is causing them to overheat. The affected models are AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG with the microphone cable beneath the left palm rest acting up overheating the notebook. Acer has not confirmed if any incidents were reported but are now replacing [...]

  UPDATE: Lenovo contacted to let us know that this isn’t a recall but a measure to ensure complete customer satisfaction. “Lenovo has not had a battery recall. This is a service extension program to provide (bonus 12-month) coverage above and beyond the normal warranty to ensure complete customer satisfaction. Service and warranty upgrades and [...]

  Samsung and CPSC have initiated a recall of the a110 and a120 Jitterbug phones. The reason for the recall is that the phones are equipped with BB14 software and cannot connect to emergency 911 services when it’s in a no-service area. The recall affects Jitterbug phones sold from March 2008 through May 2009 and [...]

  Uh oh, the battery hazard monster is back to haunt notebook users. HP has now announced to take back 70,000 notebook batteries that can potentially pose a fire or burn hazard. The lithium-ion batteries came with HP and Compaq laptops or were sold separately from August 2007 till March 2008. The problem seems to [...]

  It seems Sony has been cursed with the never ending battery woes. A new voluntary recall of around 100,000 Sony manufactured batteries has been issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after a few reported incidents, some including burns to the users. Out of the total number, about 35,000 batteries were sold with [...]

  It doesn’t matter if you call it an ‘Exchange Program’ or a simple ‘recall’ but the crux of the matter is that iPhone users face a risk of electric shocks by using the USB Power Adapters. The power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet thus creating a risk [...]

  UPDATE: The recall has been announced worldwide which makes the total count of recalled notebooks to 440,000 units. Not a good news for Sony VAIO users. Sony USA has recalled around 73,000 units from the VAIO-TZ series fearing of overheating. The recalled notebooks include from the VAIO VGN-TZ100, VGN-TZ200, VGN-TZ300 and VGN-TZ2000 series which [...]