RSSSony Battery Fire Injures One in Japan
by BetaNews Staff
Fujitsu, one of several companies involved in the worldwide Sony laptop battery recall, disclosed Friday that one of its notebooks with Sony's batteries overheated and sparked, burning the hand of the user. The injuries were minor, and the incident was the first known occurrence on any of its products, the company said. Altogether, Fujitsu is recalling some 338,000 batteries due to the fire risk.
Sony has taken a massive financial hit due to the recall, announcing that combined with preparations for the PlayStation 3, it is reporting a 96 percent drop in net profits. Although occurrences like the one in Japan are rare, the electronics maker has decided to hedge its bets and call back any battery that may have been manufactured during that period as a safety precaution.
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I bet at least one lawyer will try to add an attempted murder charge to the lawsuit now;-) LOL
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Hardly suprising, as soon as the recall was announced, there are people trying to make cash from it, "my house burnt down" etc etc etc...
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The cost you pay for mass producing something and not keeping tight quality control guidelines.
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Along the same lines as Xbox mains leads then...
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You are usually a little bit more on top of your game than this... that was a pathetic response. There was no mention of a lawsuit, this only solidifies the fact that there is a legitimate problem.
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I haven't heard anything about xbox's or 360's catching on fire. Have you?
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Do the Japanese sue people? I though was reserved for US Citizens? :-D
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If you pretend it's not there, then it goes away..
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/23/xbox_blaze/
http://www.theregister.c...05/02/17/ms_xbox_recall/
"Microsoft's move follows 30 or so reports from users suffering minor burns, singed upholstery or scorched carpets as a result of power lead malfunctions"
Kinds puts this story into the shade slightly!!
Of course the Sony haters love every single Sony battery story they can lay their hands on, yet conviently forget the Xbox mains leads setting fire to peoples houses..
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Well I bought an xbox 4 years into its lifetime, but xbox360 are fire free right?
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Again we are talking about Sony arent we? Why must you always bring up Microsoft when talking about Sony?
Do you have a fixation with Microsoft or something?
Also in Microsofts case it was an outsourced part(Power cable). In Sonys case, its a part manufactured by them.
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Yes, affected original XBox's ONLY, not 360's
But was pointing out selective memories of some people...
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I wonder if Mark will dare to respond to your post, or selectively overlook it.
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Not selective, I knew close to nothing about the xbox when it first came out. I know close to everything about the 360 because I got one relatively early in its lifetime.
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Yeah, someone intentionally burned themselves to make some money off Sony. Have you ever been burned? I'm guessing not, stupid retard.
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Because he's an ignorant, pathetic fanboy/troll who has nothing better to do than start flame wars about Microsoft even when the topic has absolutely nothing to do with them.
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This may have been his first burn. =p
Sorry... couldn't resist.
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the selective memory thing was not directed directly at you, more generally about the type of posters here..
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Its not the national pastime like in the US, but they do have a legal system and suing is possible… offended? So sue me ;)
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wow, .... i almost feel bad for sony ....
oh, wait .... it was actually just gas ...
*** buurrrrp ***
nope, i dont feel bad for sony ...
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Hey me too! Weird!
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Something about "massive financial hit" just makes me all happy inside.
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me three! me three!
except mine was a fart
*faaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrttttttt!*
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