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.

This leaves only Acer and HP

[arivanov]

Out of all big Sony battery customers this leaves only Acer and HP. Everybody else has recalled. Interesting - how long till they recall the remainders (they did partial "fire" recalls last year).

Saw that one coming...

[piquadratCH]

...after reading this little story [engadget.com].

I have a battery from Sanyo, unfortunately, so no free, new battery for me :(

Have Sony VAIO batteries been recalled yet?

[manastungare]

If not, why not? Are they not prone to the same defect that other OEMs have been subjected to? Or is Sony just being complacent? Either way, it's not a good thing.

Re:Not good for Sony

[Anonymous Coward]

You forgot Blu-Ray.