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Forums - General Discussion - Sony Batteries Still Catching Fire -Not related to last recall

This was in an indutry News Letter, More Loss for Sony Besides the PS3,  Is there any other recalls that anyone is aware of?

 

Industry NewsIBM reported quarterly earnings and revenue yesterday that surpassed Wall Street estimates, with profit rising 12 percent on strong growth in software and services and renewed vigor in the American market. IBM is making progress in its shift toward selling higher-margin software and services. – New York TimesForbesComputerWorld  Apple's pending iMac revision is expected to make its debut August 7, just in time for production to ramp up to meet back-to-school needs. – PC Magazine, CNET    Toshiba said on Thursday it has recalled more Sony laptop computer batteries due to fire risk, rekindling concerns over the safety of Sony-made batteries. The program is an additional recall program for another type of Sony-made batteries manufactured between January and April 2006 that Toshiba recalled last year. – BusinessWeekWall Street JournalIT Pro   

Meg Whitman, chief executive of eBay, has repeatedly vowed to improve usability of the auction site by redesigning its home page, being more aggressive in combating fraud and improving the usefulness of search engine results. But while profit was up 50 percent and revenue growth was strong in its second quarter, the company revealed Wednesday that it is still struggling to draw more customers. – International Herald Tribune,  New York TimesInformationWeek    



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Toshiba, eh? The article never stated that the battery did catch fire, just that Toshiba was weary of them catching fire.

And we all know Toshiba hates Sony with every fiber of their being.

Also, this has nothing to do with any Sony consoles or videogames in general.



 

 

Yeah lithium ion batteries can be dangerous if not charged correctly. They have to be charged relatively slowly (1 hour minimum to be full) compared to other batteries, and can't take much abuse. I played around with them with my remote control planes. If you charge them incorrectly they burst into flames with molten goo and smoke. Pretty nasty.

But they use them because they have alot of energy stored, and they are very lightweight compared to other batteries.

MontanaHatchet said:

Also, this has nothing to do with any Sony consoles or videogames in general.


Yeahhh I guess it should be posted in the Off-topic discussion then right?



Well, unless I hear a great deal more about it, this is probably a relatively small concern. We'll see though.



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