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Battery Recalls A Blow to Sony's Recovery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ouch dept.

Yasser writes to mention the fallout from yet another Sony battery recall. Sony's stock hit a one-month low today on the news that they'd be pulling over a million batteries off the market. The recall is expected to have little impact financially, but has prompted the Japanese government into ordering Sony to look into the battery problem. From that article: "The ministry instructed the two companies to investigate the safety of Dell models Latitude, Inspiron and Precision and report on their findings by the end of August, the ministry said. Earlier this month, problems with battery cells supplied by Sony forced Dell to recall an unprecedented 4.1 million laptop batteries in the United States. "

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  1. Whoops. by RagingFuryBlack · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Did i accidentally hit the "Yesterday's News" link again?

    http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/24/ 1737245

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  2. Sony ERICSSON by p51d007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm must glad the connection between sony & ericsson looks to be ok LOL. Last couple of SE cell phones I've had work perfectly. Currently using the W810i which is probably the best phone I've ever used!

  3. Re:Sony's problem. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "British born US Citizen"

    It means "not a real American, just a technical one".

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  4. Re:No Vaio Problems? by trongey · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    My gf owns a vaio and let me tell you the batteries can scold you if you touch them after 10 minutes of use...
    So they like yell at you and tell you to leave them alone because they're tired. Or is it more like "you can't have any desert until you eat all your vegetables"?

    Seems like they could have made them cheaper if they left out the voice circuits and pressure sensors.
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