Now it’s Apple’s turn in the penalty box

From today’s Wall Street Journal (subscribers only):

Apple Computer is issuing its own big recall of laptop computer batteries, on the heels of a recall by rival Dell that cast a harsh light on the perils of a widely used battery technology. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Apple plans to recall 1.1 million batteries in the U.S., plus 700,000 batteries sold in other countries. The batteries, like those in the Dell recall, were made by a a unit [of] Sony.

Who’s next?

Update: I see by my server logs that someone at Dell.com is regularly checking the Technorati feed for the keywords “Apple batteries.” Schadenfreude, anyone?

And Dwight Silverman picks up on the “who’s next?” question with word that “Apple, Sony, Dell, HP and Lenovo are planning a battery-manufacturing summit. All of them use Sony-manufactured batteries in their notebooks.”