Skip to main content

News

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 Toshiba to exchange 830,000 more Sony batteries

Martyn Williams

  • Email to a friend
  • Print this article
  • Bookmark this page
  • RSS feed

Toshiba is offering to replace a further 830,000 laptop batteries containing cells made by Sony. The offer covers computers sold worldwide and is separate from a similar announcement made by the company last week.

Toshiba is offering to exchange the batteries to ease customer concerns in the light of several recent high-profile battery recalls, it said.

"There is no safety issue, we will voluntarily exchange the battery pack used in certain notebooks," said Keisuke Ohmori, a spokesman for Toshiba in Tokyo.

The announcement came less than a day after Lenovo Group said it would replace batteries for 526,000 of its laptops sold in 2005 and 2006.

Last week, Toshiba offered to exchange 340,000 notebook batteries because it said they could unexpectedly cut power, causing users to lose unsaved work.

The latest offer covers batteries in the following laptop models: Satellite T10, T11, T12, T20, A50; Tecra M3, M4, M5, M7, S3; Portege S100, M300, M400, M500; Dynabook SS LX, L10, L11, M10, M11, M35, MX, MXW; Dynabook R10; Dynabook TX/2, TX/3, TX4; and Qosmio G30 and F30.

Other models sold only overseas are also covered but were not named by Toshiba in Japan.

Email A Friend

Email this article to a friend or colleague:



PLEASE NOTE: Your name is used only to let the recipient know who sent the story, and in case of transmission error. Both your name and the recipient's name and address will not be used for any other purpose.

<<prev article | back to news index | next article>>

Question of the day!

Mark Hattersley
Editor in Chief

Do you use Adobe Photoshop with a Wacom tablet?

Question of the day!

Do you use Adobe Photoshop with a Wacom tablet?

% of Macworld readers agree with you

Yes
TBC
No
TBC

How does a Wacom tablet improve the Photoshop experience?

124 characters remaining

Follow the conversation at @TabletChat

paintings & illustrations, mostly, which i upload to flickr.RT @fragmentedm

I draw manga/anime characters. I also do graphic design and photography.RT @spialelo

Yes. I usually put them up on my #deviantart account for feedback on how to improve.RT @spialelo

Latest News


More news...