IBM and Lenovo Recall Sony Batteries

digihome writes "IBM and Lenovo are recalling 168,500 ThinkPad notebook battery packs in the United States and another 357,000 worldwide, saying the Sony-made lithium-ion batteries can 'cause overheating, posing a fire hazard to consumers.'" The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has more details.

Comments

Who's the bad guy now?

[twifosp]

Everyone ripped on Dell when they first announced the recall. Sony's PR said this was a Dell issue, and not a Sony one. There were even some pretty hilarious jokes about Dell Laptops and [insert exploding situation here].

So why were they so bad for recalling the batteries months before everyone else again?

Or I guess a better, and more on-topic, question would be: Why is it taking everyone else so long to innitiate a recall?

Not good for Sony

[PineHall]

When I think of Sony, I think of rootkits, exploding batteries and a delayed PS3. Sony has some significant problems. I don't think I want to buy anything connected with the name of Sony.

Re:Not good for Sony

[chris_7d0h]

Since Sony went "digital" (minidisc) I have mostly associated Sony with obscure audio formats (atrac), lossy transcoding and impossible to get my music off the portable player. With Blueray, the perception of a anti-consumer company is strengthened even more due to all the DRM crap for thri higher fidelty video format.

Piled on top of that your three examples and it's stupendously clear the company has as much allure as does the British kitchen.

Re:E-gad...

[WilliamSChips]

Actually, if you don't die but merely lose the ability to reproduce you'll still win the Award.