Before there were iPods, smartphones, and CD players, there was the Walkman. To celebrate the technological advancements the 40th anniversary, Sony is dropping two new models of the portable music ...

A Walkman made music portable, but it never made listening effortless. You still had cassettes to flip, batteries to watch, ...

The Walkman arrived in American stores in 1980 and even Sony's own executives weren't sure it would sell. Before the Walkman, listening to music was almost always a shared, communal experience — the ...

Sony drops a salvo of Walkman personal media players, including a new Android 4.0-powered device with FLAC support, a thin S-series with included Bluetooth earbuds, and a couple of budget-friendly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Fedewa / How-To Geek It's been over 20 years since Sony released a cassette player, and cassette sales are so minuscule they ...

The term "Walkman" initially referred to a Sony brand of portable media players and personal audio systems debuted in 1979. The Walkman was groundbreaking at the time because it allowed users to ...

Sony’s iconic Walkman has turned 40 years old today. And in so doing, it’s proven once again that if you can build the right brand and pair it with the right product, you can create something that ...

IT’s 40 years since Sony released the Walkman — changing the face of music forever. Launched in July 1979, the portable device sold more than 400 million units. The comparative size of a Sony Walkman ...

On July 1 of 1979, Sony first began to sell the TPS-L2, first known as the Soundabout and soon rechristened the Walkman. This original Walkman wasn't the first portable tape player, but it was the ...

Sony Corp. celebrated 40 years of its iconic Walkman with an interactive exhibition and commemoration movie on Monday. The pop-up exhibit in Tokyo's Ginza district is called "#009 Walkman in the Park, ...

Music can be used to create a healthy work environment, provide mental stimulation and reduce stress levels for employees. Depending on your Walkman model, you can use the device to stream music in ...

The Walkman is dead. Long live the Walkman. More than thirty years after triggering a music and lifestyle revolution, Sony has officially retired the Walkman in Japan (there is still a lone model for ...