Posts Tagged ‘overheating’
DoCoMo halts BlackBerry Bold sales owing to overheating
The smiles are gone this week
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NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan’s biggest mobile phone operator, said on Friday it has halted sales of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold because the phone can overheat while the battery is being recharged.
The company said it has received no reports of users getting burned or of phones catching on fire.
“This issue appears to be specifically limited to the BlackBerry Bold devices sold in Japan since last week and sales of BlackBerry Bold devices in other countries are unaffected by this matter.”
RIM said it had ruled out a battery problem, but said the root cause is still being investigated.
The latest I’ve seen says they’re overheating at the keyboard. WTF?
Just when you thought your crotch was safe…
Last time around
Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the batteries and the recall mirrors — yet appears a lot smaller than — a similar one that occurred two years ago.
This time, around 100,000 batteries are affected, a fraction of the 9.6 million recalled in 2006. Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba have already issued recalls for the batteries that were used in their products and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said “consumers should stop using recalled products immediately.”
The batteries in question were manufactured between October 2004 and June 2005 and to date there have been about 40 incidents reportedly globally of overheating, said Sony.
Of the 100,000 batteries affected, around 35,000 were used in laptops shipped in the U.S. By far the greatest number, about 32,000, were shipped with HP laptops.
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Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops – only caused “minor” burns
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Sony is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of wiring faults that could cause overheating. Sony said wires have been put in the wrong position near the hinge, while a flaw in the circuit board that controls the screen also may cause overheating…
Sony has received 209 reports of overheating worldwide, including seven incidents where people received minor burns, Associated Press reported.
This ain’t just bad batteries, folks. Someone screwed up the assembly design.
This is not what should reach the marketplace as everyday production from one of the leading consumer electronics firms on the planet.
