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10-25-2010, 02:28 PM #1
Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years
mashable.com - After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player.
The final batch was shipped to Japanese retailers in April, according to IT Media. Once these units are sold, new cassette Walkmans will no longer be available through the manufacturer.
The first generation Walkman (which was called the Soundabout in the U.S., and the Stowaway in the UK) was released on July 1, 1979 in Japan. Although it later became a huge success, it only sold 3,000 units in its first month. Sony managed to sell some 200 million iterations of the cassette Walkman during the product line
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10-25-2010 02:28 PM # ADS
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10-26-2010, 10:27 PM #2IF she isn't happy no ones happy. If she isn't happy long enough you'll unhappy with half your stuff.
http://childbikingutah.blogspot.com/
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10-27-2010, 04:32 PM #3
Oh man....the memories....
Mowing the lawn SUCKED....then I got a walkman and mowing the lawn rocked!
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10-28-2010, 07:58 AM #4
I remember wanting the cool yellow sport model. I never got it
The man thong is wrong.
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10-28-2010, 08:03 AM #5
It's not too late
http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-SPORTS-WALK...item43a2979bb2
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10-28-2010, 08:11 AM #6
I loved my walkman.... we wore them skiing at "The Bird" and knew we were stylin'
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10-28-2010, 09:12 AM #7
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10-28-2010, 09:13 AM #8
I got a WM-1 in 1981 - it was life-changing! It wasn't the very first model, but it was the one that went big - massive market penetration at a reasonable price point.
My wife and I bought this sport one for our 6 week trip to Europe in 1988. Had a splitter, and both listened to it riding the trains around the continent.
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10-29-2010, 07:11 AM #9
the sony walkman was brilliant
i still remember the first day i got one when i was a kid.
also ... a quote from former apple CEO john sculley about steve jobs from a bloomberg interview
Originally Posted by john sculley
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