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    Kyocera Wireless has stopped shipping one of its Phantom models of cell phones after a US family reported the phone blew up, a company representative said Thursday.

  • Dell wants its batteries back

    Some of Dell's customers have not been heeding its advice to return laptop batteries that could potentially explode.

  • Dell Latitude E6500

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  • Kyocera resumes shipment of 'exploding' phone

    Kyocera Wireless is once again shipping a Phantom model mobile phone after an investigation concluded that the phone did not explode as a Nebraska family had reported about two weeks ago.

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