Lenovo and IBM have announced a battery recall of Sony-made notebook batteries. "Lenovo and IBM Corporation, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies, have announced the voluntary recall of certain lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sony Corporation. In the interest of public safety, Lenovo will offer customers free-of-charge replacement batteries for all recalled batteries." Apple, Dell, and Toshiba have all also recalled Sony batteries due to fire hazards.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060928-7858.html
Seems like they are working on a full recall.
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Thanks to God my two Thinkpad X40 batteries (4 cell and 8 cell, this last has only two weeks of life) don't affected.
Also I have a Thinkpad X21 too and the batterie (manufactured by IBM) is don't affected (yet?). And have already 3.5h of lifetime today :-)
In a bit of time, also the PSP batteries will be affected... Sony, go home!!!
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Wow. I can't help but feel they are getting their just reward for the root-kit and DRM.
When I was growing up, Sony had a sparkling image. They were widely regarded as a great company. The craftsmanship of their products was the golden standard by which others were judged.
Today, most of what I hear is about how they make inferior products that don't last, try to sneak root-kits onto people's computers with DRM infested CD's, and make batteries that are so bad that they can actually injure, or even kill you.
The US learned a lot from Japanese companies in the 80's and 90's. Looks like Sony learned a bit from us, too.
Edited 2006-09-29 14:29
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