Submitted by 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.
shows how generic sony batteries have become i guess!!
Makes me chuckle that Sony havent recalled any of their own laptops!
maybe they knew something they didnt tell the others 😉
I had figured since Alan Cox’s 600 battery exploded, there would be some recall related. My original battery only lasts about 20 mins. I could use a new one~ 😛
It seems that this story will cost a lot to Sony..
Let’s hope that any company take this as a good lesson and pay more attention to their product quality..
I was about to say the same thing. Bad year for Sony. Doesn’t make me happy about my plan to by a PS3, and I can safely say that I will NEVER “need a Wii”.
I have 2 batteries and non were affected. Damn.
What Sony should do now, is do a complete recall of all the batteries that might be affected and fully disclose what other manufacturers are using them.
If they don’t, sooner or later they will be sued for knowing, but not doing enough.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060928-7858.html
Seems like they are working on a full recall.
The Toshiba batteries don’t suffer from the fire hazard; the batteries are faulty and thus unreliable.
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!!!
Laters
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
Sony = Firestone2k.