Tag: EXPLODING BATTERIES

It's been quite some time since we've had a good exploding battery story. Back in 2007, it seemed like nobody was immune from the plague, with Sony being blamed for battery recalls extending to laptops from Apple, Dell, Toshiba, and a number of others. Given that was so long ago and the news was so widely publicized, we'd figured everyone would have, by now, swapped their recalled batteries for ...

Exploding gadgets are nothing new, but governments ordering companies to investigate them is. The Japanese government has ordered Apple to investigate a possible defect in the iPod Nano that occasionally causes the diminutive player to burst into flames. The likely culprit is the media player's lithium-ion battery, which is the cause behind exploding cell phones and the piles of burning laptops. ...

We have a fascination with people being hurt, maimed or even killed by cell phones. Call us morbid, but we just can't help it. Less than a month after Nokia recalled 46 million batteries from its BL-5C series, the Finnish cell phone maker might have to start thinking about recalling yet another series. An Indian woman (pregnant, no less!) suffered (thankfully) mild burns when her three year ...

Well it seems that Sony just can't catch a break with its batteries. Actually, It seems like we the consumer just can't catch a break with batteries in general. Whether they're exploding in our pockets, bursting into flames, or just costing us a whole lot to replace. Toshiba is the latest victim of Sony's massive battery recall, which has resulted in the recall of some 9.6 million batteries ...