Mobile Magazine » walkman http://www.mobilemag.com The Original Mobile Magazine, covering news and reviews on mobile technology, including cell phones, PDAs MP3 players, digital cameras, wireless, notebooks, and mobile gaming. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Sony Walkman Is 30 Years Old! http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/02/sony-walkman-is-30-years-old/ http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/07/02/sony-walkman-is-30-years-old/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:23:33 +0000 Michael Kwan http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=64912 walkman
I must have been too busy celebrating Canada’s birthday yesterday, because another birthday completely flew under the radar for me. While perhaps not quite as notable as my home country, the Sony Walkman certainly changed the way that we view music. It was yesterday, on July 1, that the Walkman celebrated its 30th birthday.

I still remember when I had that big, chunky yellow “Sports” Walkman tape player that just about everyone else seemed to have. That was one rugged beast and it was easily the best way to take my mixtapes on the go. It, of course, was not the first Walkman.

Here are some fun Sony Walkman facts for you to ponder. In the first ten years, Sony released no fewer than 170 different models of Walkman music player. Along the way, Sony also considered calling its devices the Soundabout, Freestyle, Stowaway, and Stereo Walky.

In the first ten years of its existence, the Sony Walkman sold 50 million units around the world. Over the same time period, 150 million “alternative” Walkman personal stereos were sold by other companies. Cloning came about way before the iPod ever existed.

Since then, we’ve seen the Discman, Sony Walkman MP3 players, Sony Ericsson Walkman music phones… and let’s not forget about those Mini-Disc players. Here’s to 30 more years, Sony.

Source: Gizmodo

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