Deep buried somewhere on the Toshiba site the following (official) announcement:
Sony is one of the suppliers of battery packs used in some Toshiba notebook PCs. We have investigated with Sony whether those PCs that employ the subject batteries are affected with the same problem that caused the recent recalls issued by Dell and Apple, and have found that the system design and the protection system of Toshiba notebook PCs differ from those of Dell and Apple
I’m curious about how the protection system differs. And while this is good news for Toshiba laptop owners, why was this buried down deep in one portion of the US site (Toshiba Direct)? Why not post it on the Press Releases page?
In related news, the company just announced that they’re market leader in shipments of portable harddrives (PDF) (which I mentioned in a previous post).
09/19/06: Toshiba just issued a worldwide recall for some of their battery packs (via Alfons). Toshiba statement (for Canadian citizens) is right here (notice the release date). You can either manually verify your battery or use Toshiba’s tool to find out if your Satellite is affected by the recall (which are the Satellite A100, Satellite Pro A100, Satellite M70, Satellite Pro M70, Satellite M100, Tecra A6, Tecra A7). Apparently the P100 series are NOT affected.
My First Sony just rocks.
Oy. Just in: Doesn’t look too well.
Oy. Just in: Doesn’t look too well.
Just saw that the other hour ago.