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More Sony Batteries Recalled
Scott Hagerman passes along news of yet another recall of Sony laptop batteries. The batteries in question, manufactured in the same timeframe as those involved in the massive 2006 recall, are in laptops sold by HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Acer. Neither Apple nor Sony itself used these batteries in their laptops. This time 100,000 batteries are involved — 65,000 of them sold outside of the US — vs. the 10 million recalled in 2006. The Consumer Product Safety Commission fielded 19 reports of batteries overheating and/or catching fire.
I like it!
Its funny how Sony does not use their own batteries because of this problem!
We keep getting bad news, after bad news, after bad news...
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I only see HP, Toshiba and Dell mentioned on the two linked to websites. Where do the mentions of Lenovo and Acer come from?
1d10t.
They buy batteries in. "Hey, Korean battery manufacturers, I want 125 million batteries, to this spec. 'How much?' - Nah, too expensive", "Hey Taiwanese battery manufacturers". some time passes. "Hey small Chinese province battery manufacturers"
"w00t, we got 125 million batteries for the same price as 62.5 million Big Macs"
If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
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If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
I wander why it's always their battery?
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Makes sense not to use something you KNOW is bad, but it's begging for conspiracy theories. They deliberately gave us flaming batteries so their laptops would look better! Maybe there will be a lawsuit or two, but I have to wonder why someone would look to buy parts from a competitor with a clear conflict of interest.
just one more we promise.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
It's not necessarily low-cost labor as it is low-cost materials used in those batteries.
cpghost at Cordula's Web.
Now I can't justify replacing my 2yo laptop because the battery no longer holds a good charge, they're giving me a new one.
LETS DECOMPOSE & ENJOY ASSEMBLING
Well you see, what happened was that SONY did not pay its greens fees at the Illuminati golf course. The CEO thought being a 32nd degree Mason would get him out of paying the greens fees, but alas that is only allowed for 33rd degree Masons. So now, not only are their batteries causing more problems, and them even more embarrassment, but the CEO of SONY is no longer able to get to the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite of Masonry, where he can find out who really killed Kennedy, shake hands with some alien representatives, and have a tear of schnapps with Satan.
Similar to the upcoming US election results
For every Mattel, VW, and Sony there are a thousand companies that saved millions by outsourcing.
Modding me -1 troll doesn't make me wrong.
Gotta plug my laptop in and take out the battery before it exp
Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
It's not necessarily low-cost labor as it is low-cost materials used in those batteries.
That doesn't change the fact that it is the cheap-ass managements (on both sides) that are to blame. If you go to the cheapest supplier, you'd best be prepared for the quality to be terrible. Whether that is because of dodgy materials or incompetent staff (or both) doesn't really matter.
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
All military contracts are lowest-bidder. By your arguement, none of the planes should fly, none of the guns should shoot, and none of the bombs explode.
This obviously isn't the case - there's no fundamental problem with going for the lowest bidder for a particular project... as long as the standards are strict and are enforced.
I'll guarentee there was a quality-control standard on the purity of the materials in these batteries. The fact that they're an apparent fire hazard is proof that either the standards were not enforced, or they weren't set properly to begin with.
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
I happen to have a Toshiba P35-S609 with a battery Model No. PA3383U-1BRS. I called them to ask if my battery is subject to this recall. They asked which version of Windows I was running and I indicated I was running Ubuntu Linux. Then they tried to give me the link to a web site where I could download a Windows program that would identify whether my battery needed to be replaced. The support person was an idiot and continued to try and give me the Windows link long after I had assured him I was unwilling to re-install Windows just to run his program. I will not be buying any more Toshiba products.
Is it just me or does being modded 'flamebait' on this topic take on a whole new meaning?
It's called Quality Assurance. Remember that whenever you buy "a Sony".
Sony: giving you more bang for the buck.