On July 1, 1979, Sony Corp. introduced the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, a 14 ounce, blue-and-silver, portable cassette player with chunky buttons, headphones and a leather case.

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At the time of the Sony Walkman TPS-L2's launch in 1979, Sony co-founder Akio Morita said: “This is the product that will satisfy those young people who want to listen to music all day. They ...

FiiO, a brand we normally associate with cutting-edge DACs and desktop streamers (such as the new R9), has gone retro.The brand revealed a surprise new personal cassette player, the CP13 – not too ...

The Walkman débuted in Japan, in 1979, to near silence. But, within a year and a half, Sony would produce and sell two million of them. Photograph from Alamy ...

The Sony Walkman may no longer be relevant in today's digital-first content media consumption era, but the product line has cemented itself as an iconic staple of tech gadget history.

Sony Walkman, the Apple iPhone of its day is enjoying a nostalgia-fueled renaissance, as collectors and buyers scour the internet and street markets of Asia to find the most pristine models of the ...

But Sony will have to pack all of the sentimentality of the Walkman into a modern device. That means Sony has a big pair of Air Jordans to fill with the NW-A306. The subtle quirkiness of legacy ...

Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In response, his company’s engineers dreamed up the Walkman, ordering 30,000 ...

Sony Walkman E394, a simple DAP, is a nostalgic tech piece with a retro feel in today's multiple-feature era. The device is very lightweight, has an FM radio, and is easy to use, which appeals to ...