Battery recalls

Sony is used to be thought as the first choice when purchasing IT products (audio, TV, laptop, etc) a few years ago, but apparently this has been a passed history. Recently a number of battery recalls have been announced; each of which are associated with the batteries manufactured by sony. DELL recalls 4.1 million batteries: Dell Announces Battery Recall (14/Aug/06, on DELL.com) Dell takes heat over battery recall (on CNET.com) A week later, iBook and PowerBook from Apple (1.8 million batteries)... Battery Exchange Program iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 (on Apple.com) Apple recalls 1.8 million batteries (on CNET.com) ...and now Sony VAIO from Sony itself: Laptop Bursts Into Flames - Owner Says Laptop Was Charging Looks like MIJ is not necessarily trustworthy any more.