On July 1 of 1979, Sony first began to sell the TPS-L2, first known as the Soundabout and soon rechristened the Walkman. This original Walkman wasn’t the first portable tape player, but it was ...

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Why would anyone want a Walkman in the streaming age? That’s the question I asked myself when I first fiddled with the small Sony NW-A105. One month later, I’ve learned enough about the music ...

It was a momentous occasion for Sony, which first published “The Last of Us ... devices from the Trinitron color TV in 1968 to the Walkman cassette player in 1979 to the world’s first ...

Back during the late 1980s heyday of the Sony Walkman, the parent company of the ... attendees were “seeing a cassette player for the first time”, he said. “Most were genuinely curious.

The Last of Us has quickly gained popularity since the first episode aired last month ... Ellie was seen listening to music on a Sony Walkman, the popular cassette device that was a big hit ...

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The original Sony Walkman TPS-L2 went on sale for 33,000 yen ... Walkman became a precursor to the modern smartphone. The very first TPS-L2 model actually came with two headphone sockets ...

Even the oldest Millennials were a tad too young to enjoy the first versions of Sony's Walkman, while older Gen Zs feel nostalgic for iPod Shuffles and Nanos. And research suggests that although ...