Come one! Come all! Battery recall's for everyone!
Posted by: Marker | Uncategorized | 25.08.2006
Following hot on the heals of the Dell Battery Recall, Apple today announced that they are issuing a recall of 1.8 million (1.1m ? US; 0.7m ? non-US) batteries.
The affected model versions are: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4. We’ve already started checking through ours, and so far, so good.
Both the Dell and Apple recalls are for Sony manufactured batteries. And with Sony’s stock recently downgraded in relation to the forthcoming Playstation 3, things aren’t looking to good for Sony, as a battery recall of this size will only hurt.
For more information (about the Apple battery recall) visit Apples website
- Justin
[...] Dell faced a massive brand issue with the exploding laptop batteries problems in 2006 and used their blog to open up a public conversation about it, rather than trying to just spin it. It is a big move for a company of this size to put itself out there, but I think it will ultimately help them rebuild confidence in the brand. [...]