"TPS-L2" which becomes the first issue in 1979 was released, and Sony's portable audio player having a history of over 30 years "Walkman (Walkman)"It became clear that the model corresponding to ...

Doff your hat, put your favourite '80s tune on the hi-fi and prepare to pour one out for a dear departed musical legend -- the legendary Sony Walkman is no more. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and ...

The BBC got a 13-year-old to try a Walkman cassette tape player instead of his iPod, with obvious results. No contest, right? But it wasn't always quite that simple. For one thing, there were much ...

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott ...

SOON AFTER its 1979 launch, Sony’s Walkman was already seen as much more than a trendy audio player. Crucially, it became an escape hatch. Whenever I cradled my Walkman as a kid, it transported me to ...

This week, the totemic item of the ‘80s, the must-have for a generation of mixtape-makers, the reason you have to say everything to me twice, the Sony Walkman turns 40. Let us briefly look up from our ...

Released in 1979, the original Sony Walkman completely changed how people listened to music. Your tunes were free to go anywhere—and sound like complete garbage. The quality of music on cassette tapes ...

Often cited as one of the greatest gadget inventions of all time it has been squeezed out by portable CD players and latterly the advent of digital rivals, most notably Apple's iPod. Since its launch ...

Maxell is launching a Walkman-style cassette player with a built-in speaker The speaker is mono and 500mW Not everything from the 80s should come back In Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Mary ...