Dell and the Exploding Laptop

I'm not going to poke fun at Dell (well, not yet) on the battery issue they've had to fess up to. But I am going to take aim at the UK media again. I reported in this post about the U.K. media's fetish with saying bad things about Apple.

I said this "The exploding laptop seems to dwarf any technical issue that has allegedly plagued Macs/iPods, yet has been little-reported in the mainstream UK press to my knowledge".

Charles, representing the journalistic community (and I honestly believe Charles is a GOOD journalist), had this to say in a comment on that post:

"The Dell laptop is a one-off. It's a "gee, lookatthat" story. No legs."

But it wasn't a one-off. It DID have legs. The blogosphere found it (it had found it when I originally posted). It ends up being a huge story impacting over 4 million users. Many of those are unable to use their laptop as, er, a laptop, till they get a replacement battery in a few months time.

And Charles' own staff eventually reported on it in the business section (temporary promotion? Or is that demotion in the Guardian?) Note: To be fair, Bobby is a good journalist and writer too.

But, where were the British tech media when it happened? Concentrating on pulping a fruit, I think!

Tags: Dell, Sony, Battery, Guardian