This isn’t a good sign for any laptop owner. Now its time for Sharp and Fujitsu to recall more Sony manufactured batteries which is to the tune of 79,000. Fujitsu will be recalling 51,000 batteries in addition to 287,000 packs which were recalled earlier this month. On the other hand, Sharp will be recalling the […]
Fujitsu unveils flash memory based notebooks
Fujitsu, Japan releases two new notebooks, FMV-B8230 and FMV-Q8230 which has flash memory option instead of the conventional hard disks. The FMV-Q8230 has an option of selecting a 16GB or 32GB of flash memory or a regular 20GB HDD. It has a 12.1″ LCD screen, powered by an Intel Core Solo U1400 (1.20GHz), 1GB […]
Intel Classmate PC
What if India denied the $100 $130 laptop. At the IDF held in Bangalore, Intel unveiled its classmate PC targeted at students and teachers. Its still a long way when laptops will be allowed to schools in India but its small form factor makes it easier for a small kid to carry and its […]
Hitachi joins the rat race, recalls Sony batteries
Whose next? Its Hitachi this time recalling Sony made laptop batteries. This the second recall in this week though the amount of batteries is nominal, just 16,000 compared to Fujitsu’s 287,000 battery packs. There haven’t been any incidents occured on their laptops but to keep the consumers happy and to avoid probable fire risk, they […]
Fujitsu recalls 287,000 batteries
*Yawn* another laptop manufacturer, Fujitsu recalls 287,000 Sony make notebook batterries. The total figure has reached a staggering 7.5 million with Dell having the largest ever recall and being the first one to do so. No doubt, initially after the recall everyone was apprehensive to buy a Dell laptop but well a potential consumer […]
LG AV XNote Laptops
LG Electronics introduced a new series of notebooks in Korea. Called as the AV XNote, it features terrestrial DMB tuner and EVDO connectivity. It is powered by a Core 2 Duo (T7400) processor and screen size varies between 12-17 inch, 2GB DDR2 RAM, HDD up to 160GB (SATA optional), a powerpacked 256MB ATI Mobility […]
Toshiba preps slimmest HD DVD writer
Toshiba announced that they will be unveiling world’s slimmest HD DVD burner for laptops at the upcoming CEATEC which starts from tomorrow. It is a step taken forward in an effort to adopt the new optical technology at a faster rate. The SD-L902A is just 12.7mm thick and can burn CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD±R […]
Panasonic too recall batteries
Laptop manufacturers these days don’t want to take any chance and get sued by the consumers. First it was Dell, then Apple and now Panasonic. Though Panasonic claims that their recall is different from that of Sony and is taking a precautionary measure. 6000 battery packs are being recalled which were shipped with CF-W4G […]
Toshiba Dynabook SS S30 Notebook
Toshiba announced a new compact notebook this week. It is the Dynabook SS S30 which packs a Intel Core Solo processor running at 1.06GHz, 512MB of RAM which can be extended upto 4GB. It has a 12.1″ wide WXGA low temperature polysilicon liquid crystal display, a 30GB HDD (4200 RPM), Intel 945GM Express chipset, […]
Apple follows Dell’s footsteps
Apple also has announced a recall of 1.8 million Sony make batteries. The recent Dell recall had created a spark and led manufacturers like Apple, Lenovo and HP to decide whether Sony batteries were safe enough. Apple is the second company to recall Sony batteries and the release suggests that batteries were used to […]
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