Oh no. What a fiasco. Don't you just hate it when you buy a USD1000 sub notebook and they ask you to return their batteries to check on it. Why can't this PC makers just included a big SASE envelope when in the box. This reminds me of the Dell recall just a few months back on 16 Dec 2005.
Hewlett-Packard is recalling almost 16,000 notebook batteries worldwide after reports of the devices overheating and burning, according to a report released on Thursday by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Of the 16,000 batteries, 3,768 batteries were sold in the Asia-Pacific region -- the specific number of Australian users affected is unknown. According to Hewlett-Packard: "the estimated impacted battery shipments to Asia Pacific make up 0.23 percent of the total HP notebook shipment for the region (including Japan) in 2005."
Of the 16,000 batteries, 3,768 batteries were sold in the Asia-Pacific region -- the specific number of Australian users affected is unknown. According to Hewlett-Packard: "the estimated impacted battery shipments to Asia Pacific make up 0.23 percent of the total HP notebook shipment for the region (including Japan) in 2005."
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