has anybody noticed the trend here? first it was Dell's, then it was Apple's, now it's Toshiba's turn to recall Sony manufactured laptop batteries. but the bigger question here is: why has Sony never had to recall their self manufactured batteries on their laptop line? is there a sabotage somewhere? seems to me like Sony wants to discredit their competitors brand and gain an upperhand in the aftermath. what's your thoughts?
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Toshiba announces recall of 340,000 Sony laptop batteries

Associated Press
Last updated 11:36am (Mla time) 09/19/2006

TOKYO -- Toshiba is recalling worldwide 340,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. for its laptops, the latest in a series of embarrassing battery problems for Sony.

The latest problem in the batteries causes the laptops to sometimes stop recharging or run out of power, but no injuries or other accidents have been reported, Toshiba Corp. spokesman Keisuke Omori said Tuesday, while declining to give the number for the reported problems.

The defect is not directly related to the problem behind last month's recall of Sony batteries by Dell and Apple, which cited concerns that the batteries could overheat and catch fire.

Dell Inc. asked customers to return 4.1 million faulty laptop batteries, while Apple Computer Inc. recalled 1.8 million batteries worldwide.

In both those cases, the troubled lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony Energy Devices Corp., a Japan-based subsidiary of Sony Corp.

Tuesday's recall affects 100,000 laptop batteries in the US, 45,000 in Japan, and the rest in other parts of the world, Omori said.

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