RIM Clarifies Recall of Less than a Thousand PlayBooks – Not a Big Deal?
Earlier in the weekend we mentioned some rumblings about RIM recalling about 900 BlackBerry PlayBooks from Staples. RIM reached out to us to let us know about the recall and from what I can tell its not that big of a deal. The OS builds shipped with those devices might not have been able to…
UPDATED: RIM and Staples Recall Roughly 900 PlayBooks
UPDATE: Check out RIM’s clarification of the issue. It seems like this is an isolated incident. A fault has been found in roughly 900 PlayBooks shipped to Staples retail locations. It is not known exactly what the issue is, but there is a compiled list of all the affected serial numbers and it can be…
Asurion Recalls Almost Half A Million Counterfeit BlackBerry Batteries
Asurion is a “Technology Protection Company” which powers the warranty service many carriers provide. Sturta let us know that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a product recall on 470,000 counterfeit BlackBerry batteries that Asurion shipped out in refurbished devices. These batteries can overheat and were recalled due to burn and fire hazards….