Tag: RECALLS

When you market a cell phone to senior citizens by touting a "Live Nurse" option, you'd darn well better make sure that the 911 service works. We've gotten word from The Consumerist that Samsung is recalling a batch of its Jitterbug pay-as-you-go phones because they apparently cannot reach 911 when outside of a service area. Last Friday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a ...

One day later and Sony's battery recall has already tripled in size. What started as a recall of 35,000, just hit 100,000 (75,000 of which are HP related) and now includes Li-ion batteries used in some Lenovo and Acer laptops as well as the original list of Dells, HPs, and Toshibas. All the laptops were sold between 2004 and 2005, two-thrids or which were sold outside the US. What's most troubling ...

Own a Sony VAIO TZ? Well, we hate to be the bearers of bad news but your TZ is likely infected by a possibly dangerous manufacturing boo boo. As such, all VAIO TZ models sold between May 2007 and July 2008 are subject to overheating (unrelated to the Lithium Ion battery, mind you) and eligible for free repair. So far, the announcement only covers Japan, we have yet to see any announcements for ...

The bad news for Sony shareholders continues. On the heels of its massive laptop battery recall, the company has just issued a recall for 416,000 digital cameras, according to BetaNews and AP. The recall covers the company's Cyber-shot DSC-T5 (pictured above, but no longer available for sale) which apparently features a metal case that can become warped and, frighteningly enough, scratch and ...