Shinagawa, Japan : Consumer electronics maker Sony announced this morning a plan to recall over 2 million Walkmans worldwide. While the Walkmans never used any of the lithium batteries responsible for Sony’s recent laptop battery recall, Sony says ‘it doesn’t matter, we’re being very proactive.’ The typical Walkman runs on 2 AA batteries, which when left under the sun for an extremely long period of time may become combustible if also thrown to the ground against a hard surface while the ground is moist from a recent rain or early morning dew.
Sony hopes to improve its image by taking such widespread actions, and understands that some consumers who still own one of these things may not be too pleased. John Malcolm, a Palm Springs, CA retiree is furious over the recall. ‘You can’t do that to me. How am I going to listen to my cassettes on my morning walk?’
Shares of Apple, Inc. went up 15% shortly after this news was released.
