Sony is recalling 90,000 of its Vaio laptop batteries across China and Japan following recent battery recalls from other PC makers.
Rumors are also circulating that Toshiba is set to sue Sony, Sony laptop battery after it was forced to recall 340,000 laptop batteries made by Sony.
Sony said its recall is preemptive, and not a reaction to any particular problem. “There isn’t a problem with the Vaio itself but after the problems with the other manufacturers, we decided (the recall was) something we had to do,” a Sony spokesman said.

Over the past two months, computer makers including Apple Computer, Sony PCGA-BP2S Battery, Sony PCGA-BP2T Battery, Sony PCGA-BP2V Battery, Sony PCGA-BP4V Battery, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, Lenovo and Hitachi have recalled Sony batteries.

Mark Blowers, an analyst from Butler Group, told Silicon.com that the battery recall has “grown into a huge problem.”

“One moment it’s one or two overheating batteries, now it’s a manufacturing problem,” he said.

The Sony battery recall is isolated within Japan and China but the analyst said he “can’t believe it’s not a global problem.” He added: Sony “(doesn’t) really know what the problem is so can’t restrict recalls to a certain country.”

If Toshiba files suit against Sony, it would be the first company affected by the Sony lithium-ion battery recall to seek compensation.

Blowers said Sony offered to cover the cost of replacing the Toshiba batteries, Sony PCGA-BP2T Battery, as it did with every other company with battery problems.

“Toshiba is worried about its brand being damaged,” he said. “Toshiba may be gesticulating to get a better deal or more recompense with this move.”

Reacting to rumors of the suit, Toshiba said in a statement: “We are studying various possibilities but nothing has been decided at this time and we are not commenting on rumors or speculations.”

Sony delays latest Transmeta notebook
Sony will delay the release of its CIMV PictureBook from the fourth quarter to January 2002 due to shortages of Transmeta’s 5800 Crusoe processor, a Sony representative said Monday. The Crusoe processor has been delayed because of difficulties associated with producing the chip in large volumes. The CIMV will be the third Transmeta notebook from Sony.

Sony loads up ultralight notebooks
Sony unveiled on Monday a trio of ultralight notebooks with bigger hard drives and faster processors than their predecessors.
The models are additions to the Vaio R505 lineup, which has been a retail success for Sony. Prices for the notebooks, which weigh 3.75 pounds and are 1-inch thick, range between $1,599 and $2,599.

The Vaio R505JS features an 850MHz Intel Pentium III, a 12.1-inch screen, 256MB of RAM and a 30GB hard drive. The $2,599 notebook also includes a docking station with a CD-rewritable/DVD combo drive.

The Vaio R505JE offers the same processor and screen but excludes the drive. With 128MB of RAM and a 20GB hard drive, it costs $1,899.

Meanwhile, the new R505JL offers a 750MHz Pentium III, a 12.1-inch screen, Sony PCGA-BP2S Battery, Sony PCGA-BP2T Battery, Sony PCGA-BP2V Battery, Sony PCGA-BP4V Battery,128MB of RAM and a 15GB hard drive. For its $1,599 price tag, the machine also includes a docking station with a DVD drive.

The R505JS and R505JE come with a mail-in rebate for a free Vaio wireless LAN card,Sony PCGA-BP2S Battery, which normally costs $149.

The new R505 notebooks, which will come with either Windows 2000 or Windows XP, will ship next month.

Sony has traditionally been a strong player in the retail PC market, but the company is also making an effort to sell Vaio notebooks to small and medium-sized business. The company recently inked an agreement with TechData, a distributor associated with those markets.

On Monday, Sony also launched six new full-sized notebooks and split its FX Series into two parts. Sony’s new FXA series notebooks will offer Advanced Micro Devices processors. Its FX series will feature Intel chips.

Sony’s FXA36, for example, offers a 1GHz AMD Athlon 4, a 15-inch screen and a CD-RW/DVD combo drive for $1,800.

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