“Walkman” was originally a name made up by Sony for their range of personal stereo cassette players. Strictly speaking, a Walkman is a cassette player rather than a recorder, though there are numerous recording models. The name was later applied of many of Sony’s portable ranges, includin...
However, few of Mr Morita’s colleagues had faith in his idea for a portable music player. Here’s Andrea Koppen, of Sony UK, speaking to the BBC in 1989, taken from the BBC World Service programme,Witness History. Andrea ...
Virtual cassette gimmicks to one side, the Sony Walkman NW-A100 series comes in at an interesting price. That kind of money is a lot less than many people spend on their smartphones, and could encourage a few to cough up for a PMP instead. ...
it was Sony who first took the product to market under the guise of a low-cost portable stereo. Initially marketed as the Walkman in Japan, the Soundabout in the US and the Stowaway in the UK, Sony’s personal player virtually introduced the global public to ...
The tuning scale was tiny and placed on the upper edge of the cassette door. Some versions included a VHF TV sound band, though this did not function in the UK as broadcasts of this type are not made here. The presence of the radio circuit meant that a generous cassette window was ...
In ten years, Sony sold 50 million units, and competitors had sold countless knockoffs. The term “Walkman” even entered our language, used to describe any cassette player, and it’s listed as such in the Oxford English Dictionary. ...
The term "Walkman" even entered our language, used to describe any cassette player, and it's listed as such in the Oxford English Dictionary. The TPS-L2 becomes popular again In 2014 a movie from Marvel Comics called Guardians of the galaxy made it popular again, because the main ...