Brand new MPB 15" power source is always "power adapter"

So, my brand new 48-hours-out-of-the-box Macbook Pro has developed a nice little issue. Everything is fine when the power adapter is plugged in, nothing abnormal. Whenever it's unplugged, however, it still says the power adapter is plugged in and the battery is "not charging". E.g., if I click on the battery icon in the menu bar when unplugged (show setting: percentage), these are the first two lines of the menu, verbatim.
Battery is not charging
Power Source: Power Adapter
Oddly, percentage is listed and (to the best of my knowledge) accurate.
I've tried an SMC reset many times, nothing. PRAM reset, nothing.
Anyone else with this problem? Seems like a firmware glitch.

Hmm, when I boot up from the restore disc, System Profiler is normal. It shows a "power settings" entry for both the adapter and the battery. From the hard drive, system profiler shows only a settings entry for the adapter, which leads me to believe that the battery settings were somehow corrupted and now only the adapter case is recognized.
Since there's no drop down when clicking on the battery icon when booted from the restore disc, I can't compare that. Note that Sys profiler is identical in both cases except for the aforementioned difference. In both cases, it states that the "AC Charger" is not fact connected when on battery power.
If I end up having to take a 3 day old macbook pro to the genius bar, they better do the right thing and swap it out on the spot.

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