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Apple Warns of Battery Overheating Risk with First Generation iPod Nanos

Ina Fried in News on November 12, 2011 at 1:57 am PT

Cupertino tells users to stop using the products and send them into Apple for a free replacement.

Apple Recalls “Extremely Small” Number of Verizon iPads Over Duplicate ID Numbers

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 10, 2011 at 4:33 pm PT

While each iPad is designed to have its own unique electronic ID number, a batch of iPads was shipped that all had the same identifier, a problem when it comes to activating the devices on Verizon’s network. Most of the small number of units involved were still hitting the market, but a few had already found their way into customers hands.

Some of You Remember the Ads You See on Your Phones

Peter Kafka in Media on January 14, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Web surfers have trained themselves to ignore the ads they see. Mobile phone users are a different story. At least according to this poll. (Guess who commissioned it?)

Toshiba Satellite May Double as Handy Labor Day BBQ

John Paczkowski in News on September 3, 2010 at 11:34 am PT

If you’re reading this on a Toshiba laptop, you might want to switch from AC to battery power before continuing. The company is recalling 41,000 of its Satellite computers for fear that they may overheat and injure someone.

What Will Apple Say Tomorrow? Your Guess Is as Good as My Analyst’s.

John Paczkowski in News on July 15, 2010 at 2:24 pm PT

Rampant speculation is the standard precursor to any Apple event, and tomorrow’s iPhone 4 press conference is no different. Its announcement inspired a flurry of analyst notes this morning, all wondering aloud about how the company will respond to the increasingly vocal criticism of its latest smartphone. Consensus among them is that the announcement of a hardware modification is still far more likely than a recall.

Analyst: “Highly Unlikely” iPhone 4 Recall Could Cost Apple $1.5 Billion

John Paczkowski in News on July 14, 2010 at 4:35 am PT

Product recalls are even more expensive than they are inconvenient. So if Apple were forced to implement one for the iPhone 4, what would it cost? $1.5 billion says Bernstein & Co. analyst Toni Sacconag

IPhone 4 Recall? Get a Grip!

John Paczkowski in News on July 13, 2010 at 10:17 am PT

The growing morass of negative publicity over the iPhone 4’s antenna performance issue has some crisis communication experts arguing that Apple will be forced to recall the device to minimize damage to its brand. But analysts say that’s unlikely.

Latest Sony Vaio Peripheral? Oven Mitts.

John Paczkowski in News on June 30, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

Sony is voluntarily recalling some 535,000 Vaio laptops worldwide, citing a temperature-control defect. The recall applies to F and C series Vaios sold in the U.S., Europe and Asia since January and follows 39 reports of units being damaged by excessive heat.