2400 Battery Refresh - Japanese Vendor Status?

[Ralph Mawyer]

I came across this old article and was wondering if any of our Japan 
residing folks might be in a position to see what, if anything, is 
happening with this.  Dateline: 2-28-01

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0102/28.portables.shtml

>Members of the MMUJ and PowerBook army are also working to improve 
>the dismal battery situation for the much beloved PowerBook 2400. 
>The 2400 was discontinued years ago, and Apple has announced no 
>subnotebook replacement. Meanwhile, the 2400 batteries are beginning 
>to age.
>"A third party, Enax, gave us a PB2400 battery refresh service," 
>Kobayashi said. "They would receive a battery from a user, open it, 
>and change the cells into a new one. Unfortunately, they've now 
>stopped this service. However, Enax promised me that they'll start 
>it again if many users send e-mail to them requesting it."
>To find out more about adding to voice to those petitioning for the 
>return of the battery refresh service, e-mail Kobayashi 
><mailto:mosula at qa2.so-net.ne.jp>. Meanwhile, Japanese users are 
>still hoping that Apple will release a new subnotebook sooner or 
>later -- preferably sooner.

Well Apple did finally release a new sub-notebook, more or less. ;-)



Ralph Mawyer, Jr.
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