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It all started with Dell. Mid August 2006, Dell finally announced that it will be re-calling 4.1 million lithium-ion batteries supplied by Sony, said to be “the largest safety recall in the history”. What followed after that move by Dell were beyond my wildest imagination even though any Tom Dick and Harry would have expected it but never really thought to be of this magnitude.

Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo/IBM, Fujitsu and Hitachi were also forced to join the party they wish their names were not on the invitation list. Poor Sony, just late Thursday announced that it would be recalling a total of 9.6 million batteries worldwide, 90,000 of which are for its Vaio batteries. The exercise so far has cost the Japanese giant total of ¥51 billion ($429 million) from July to September.

But the worst is not over.

The Associated Press reports: “Sony spokesman Takashi Uehara said the 51 billion yen figure doesn’t include ‘provisions for possible lawsuits’,“ speaking of which high-tech giants Toshiba and Fujitsu are considering demanding compensation from Sony over the fiasco. I am sure this is a party Apple, Toshiba, Lenovo/IBM would love their names to be on the invitation list. Anyone else wants to join the party?

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