It was thirty years ago that a small portable cassette player took the world by storm. Sony introduced the first method of portable music. Today, this simple Walkman is outshined by iPods and other MP3 players. The first Sony products, though, were designed for the business person to record meetings or interviews. Even the first Walkman’s [...]
Okonomibloggy has a blog-post with a link to a BBC story about a thirteen-year-old boy who traded his I-pod for a old-school 1980’s style cassette-player Walkman for a week. The original "Walkman" (1979) It was an amusing read. The article mentioned that the Sony Walkman was turning thirty years old soon. The original "Walkman" logo (1979) The current "Walkman" logo. I looked online and it turns out that today (2009 July 1) is the 30th anniversary of the
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