Sony gets pro-active with global laptop-battery recall
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Sony is to carry out a global recall of "certain" lithium-ion laptop batteries, "to address concern related to recent over-heating incidents". The company says that it will, "consult with its OEM customers that utilize these battery cells and work with those that choose to participate regarding quantity and the scheduling of replacement battery packs".
Bottom line? Sony has realised - perhaps at the prompting of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission - that it's got to start getting pro-active.
Otherwise, it risks watching its huge lithium-ion battery business - which extends beyond laptops into other areas, notably camcorders - disappear straight down the toilet.
More details - including about extensions to the recalls already made by Dell and Toshiba - in this HEXUS.lifestyle.headline.
