Toshiba is the latest victim of Sony's massive battery recall, which has resulted in the recall of some 9.6 million batteries manufactured during December of 2005 after three incidents in which the batteries burst into flames. Toshiba says the recall affects 5,100 of its units, and is pointing customers toward its page for the battery recall program where they can see if their laptops are affected, and if they qualify for a free replacement.
With Sony having to swallow the cost of nearly 10 million battery recalls, is it any wonder the PS3 is so expensive? And what took Toshiba so long to decide it needed to recall the batteries? Toshiba had to have known for some time that it made laptops with defective batteries in them. What, was some bean counter sitting there weighing the recall cost against the probability of another battery injuring a customer? Thankfully in the end, reason won out over the bottom line.
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