[LINK] Qantas bans Dell laptop batteries

[Ivan Trundle]

On 25/08/2006, at 6:56 PM, rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:

> Let's just work this through.
>
> The consumer electronics brands have been on the warpath for three  
> years or more with the line that "counterfeit batteries are  
> dangerous".
> Sony sells laptops with batteries that don't catch fire.
> Sony outsources battery supply for Dell and Apple to an unbranded  
> Chinese manufacturer.
> Dell and Apple buy batteries from Sony which catch fire.
> Other computer makers try leaving Dell hanging out to dry: http:// 
> www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=19514, "Lithium-Ion Battery Fire  
> Hazard Unique to Dell, Other OEMs Say"
> ...and then Apple issues a recall.
>
> What a hilarious mess!

And if Sony are unaffected by this (i.e. if *their* laptops are  
unexplodable), then the conspiracy theorists will suggest that it was  
all a dastardly plot by them to increase market share at the expense  
of others.

No wonder that Dell, Apple, Lenevo and HP are getting together to  
talk about developing a 'uniform laptop battery' and to sketch out a  
'universal battery standard' in the coming weeks. I wonder if Sony  
will be invited to the party?

iT