Information Madness

Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones is currently in a big trouble. The company has warned that defective batteries in as many as 52 of its phones can overheat when they're recharging.

Nokia cell phone battery advisory affects at least 4.6 crore batteries manufactured by Matsushita (MC) during the year between December 2005 and November 2006.The phone models affected are the following.

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Nokia 1100, Nokia 1100c, Nokia 1101, Nokia 1108, Nokia 1110, Nokia 1112, Nokia 1255, Nokia 1315, Nokia 1600, Nokia 2112, Nokia 2118, Nokia 2255, Nokia 2272, Nokia 2275, Nokia 2300, Nokia 2300c, Nokia 2310, Nokia 2355, Nokia 2600, Nokia 2610, Nokia 2610b, Nokia 2626, Nokia 3100, Nokia 3105, Nokia 3120, Nokia 3125, Nokia 6030, Nokia 6085, Nokia 6086, Nokia 6108, Nokia 6175i, Nokia 6178i, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6230i, Nokia 6270, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6631, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6822, Nokia 7610, Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72, Nokia N91, Nokia E50, Nokia E60
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(source:Business2.com)

FT has reported that the recall would cost 17.2 crore to the company. Just yesterday, Nokia has reported that India had become the second largest market for the company in terms of sales, surpassing the U.S. market in the quarter ended June 30, 2007. So the threat of Indian to have overheating affected batteries are more.

How to check if you battery is not affected or affected with this problem?
Nokia has provided a special informational page where you can enter your nokia battery's 26 character identification number and the utility page will tell you wether your battery is safe or not.

Here is the URL for that page.

http://batteryreplacement.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/