The Sony Walkman was not only a revolutionary device, it was revolutionary on a cultural scale. Until the 1970s, listening to music was considered to be a social activity. Handheld transistor radios ...

Nostalgia combined with a curiosity among the young have created a hot market for old technology, including the once-beloved Sony Walkman. shaiith - stock.adobe.com Roll tape. Back during the late ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you thought that the days of dedicated music players were long gone, Japanese consumer electronics major Sony wants you to believe ...

The Sony Walkman is an iconic music player dating back to 1979 when it quickly became a phenomenon thanks to being able to listen to music on the go - on cassette tapes. So much so that back in the ...

Sony has a pair of new Android Walkmans out, the NW-A300 and NW-ZX700. Yes, that’s right, Walkmans, Sony’s legendary music player brand from the 1980s. Apple may have given up on the idea of a ...

Sony‘s iconic Walkman was an accidental megahit. The first iteration of the portable cassette player was designed for Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka, because he wanted to listen to music on long flights ...

The first versions of these Walkman models debuted in 2016 for $1,200 and $3,200, respectively. So how is Sony justifying the extra cash you’ll need for the new models? There are a number of updates ...

For audiophiles, Sony is adding to its longstanding Walkman line with a pair of premium digital media players. Leading the new offering is the ultra-high-end “NW-WM1ZM2,” priced at $3,700 USD. The ...

S ony has debuted two new premium Walkman music players, the NW-WM1ZM2 and the NW-WM1AM2. Inspired by the ground-breaking DMP-Z1, both models offer a strong power supply and music downloading and ...

The electronics maker will release a new version of its revolutionary portable music player, it announced Friday at IFA 2019, a leading annual consumer electronics trade show in Berlin. First released ...

“Unless the bulk bothers you, the sacrifices made for hard game controls are quite livable, making the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play a worthy consideration for smartphones gamers sick of swiping at glass.

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 ...