Walkman - Wikipedia
After many people praised the good sound quality evaluation, under the leadership of Akio Morita, SONY began to launch the Walkman in July 1979. Akio Morita positioned Walkman in the youth market, emphasized youth, vitality, and fashion, and created a headset culture.
The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players
2014年7月1日 · Sony retired the classic cassette tape Walkman line in 2010, and was forced to pay a huge settlement to the original inventor of the portable cassette player, Andreas Pavel.
The History Of The Walkman: The First Portable Music Player
2018年12月20日 · The concept of the Walkman – a magnetic tape player – had been around since 1963 in the Netherlands where Phillips had first created it. It’s original intention was to be used for quick playback for secretaries or Journalists. There were also other portable extronics such as transistor radios.
The Walkman's Invention 40 Years Ago Launched a Cultural Revolution
In 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman—a 14-ounce cassette player, blue and silver with buttons that made a satisfying chunk when pushed—even the engineers inside Sony weren’t impressed.
Walkman Story: The Early Years of the Iconic Personal Cassette Player
2019年7月5日 · The cassette Walkman set off a lifestyle revolution 40 years ago, but it remains to be seen whether it can enjoy a revival or if it will be consigned to the history books.
The Walkman - TIME
2009年7月1日 · The Walkman wasn’t a giant leap forward in engineering: magnetic cassette technology had been around since 1963, when the Netherlands-based electronics firm Philips first created it for use by...
The Fascinating History Of The Walkman - SlashGear
2022年2月16日 · The Walkman came to the United States in the middle of 1980 under the name Soundabout. Sony eventually decided they didn't want to market under a different name in each...
History of the Sony Walkman - ThoughtCo
2019年3月3日 · Here is a look at the history of the Sony Walkman, a device created in 1979 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita that ushered in the era of portable music.
The Walkman, Forty Years On - The New Yorker
2020年6月29日 · 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. Even prior to extended...
The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players
The thing is, personal portable music didn’t exist for most of human history, at least not in any mainstream fashion. Not until the Sony Walkman came along. The first of Sony’s iconic portable cassette tape players went on sale on this day, July 1st, back in 1979 for $150.