Dell, Apple to discuss batteries standards
Dallas: Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc are planning to meet next month to discuss setting design and safety standards for lithium-ion batteries used in portable electronic devices. The batteries were blamed in rare fires that prompted battery recalls, the largest electronic recalls involving federal product-safety officials.

Dell and Apple belong to an electronics-industry trade group that sets standards for many electronics components.

During production of the Sony batteries, made by a unit in Japan, tiny metal shards got into cells and under some circumstances caused the batteries to short-circuit and even catch fire.
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