Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Sep 2006 09:26 UTC
After Dell and Apple, Toshiba is now too issueing a massive recall of Sony-made laptop batteries. The batteries, used in Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops manufactured between March and May this year, could fail on the road because of problems with storing and transmitting power, Toshiba spokesman Keisuke Ohmori said. The total of recalled Sony batteries is now about 6.5 million. Even airlines have prohibited the use of Dell and Apple laptops in-flight.
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2006-03-10
I used to be a dedicated fan of their products.
But for easily the past 8 years, everything I bought that had a SONY badge has broken within 12 months of usage.
This includes: digital camera, 2 different VCR's, a plasma TV, a flat screen TV, 2 different CD players, and a cordless phone...all of them, broken within 1 year.
Good initial quality and features. But the products grenade too early.
There was a time when their stuff lasted for seemingly forever. I had a SONY WEGA TV that busted in less than 12 months.
Contrast that with my sister's SONY TV, which has been running like a champ since 1984.
The SONY of today ain't the company I admired so much 20 years ago.
And let's not even get into the whole rootkit fiasco.
Edited 2006-09-19 20:08