TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading carrier in Japan, is going to recall more than 100,000 cellular terminals that may have some defects in software, the firm announced. The recall will cover four types of terminals manufactured by Sony, Japan Radio, Hitachi Kokusai Electric and L.M. Ericsson.
NTT DoCoMo will exchange the handsets with new ones for free. The Sony model SO502iWM, which can replay music stored on a memory stick inserted into the device while browsing i-mode sites, is automatically switched off when a user gets a call while playing music.
The Japan Radio model has problems in the date display system for its mail messages, and the Hitachi and Ericsson models have some defects, such as alarm functions and data communications functions working incorrectly.
