*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 […]
Dell laptop burnt his house, says Florida resident
Its almost everyday we blog something about related to Dell. Precisely bout their laptop and its batteries. Well, now a guy named Louis Minnear from South Venice claims that his house was burnt mainly by the Dell lappie. The laptop was on the couch which ‘mysteriously’ caught fire and ultimately destroying the whole house. […]
RIP: Dell D510
Aren’t you surprised *yawn* another Dell laptop went up in smoke. This time, a Dell D510 from Hungary. The laptop was under smoke and after some time resulted into a fire. The fire was again due to the battery and Dell has agreed to give a replacement. Some more incidents. [Via Engadget]
Dell not the only one using Sony batteries
Dell yesterday announced a massive recall of the faulty Sony batteries. This is one of the major recalls in the consumer electronics history which will cost Dell around $200-$300 million. Now the consumer safety officials reckon that other laptops which use Sony batteries could also be affected. Thus, a review has been initiated. Manufacturers […]
Dell recalls 4.1 million batteries
Better late than never. After a series of incidents of Dell laptops going kaboom, they have announced a recall of 4.1 million Sony make batteries. This is the biggest recall ever made by Dell and the faulty batteries were shipped to customers between April 1, 2004 to July 18, 2006. The affected batteries were […]
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