The end for Sony Walkman
October 26, 2010 in Blog, News Roundup
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The news today that Sony would no longer be making its cassette Walkman filled me with nostalgia. I still remember myself and my younger brother getting our first Walkmans for Christmas roughly 10 years ago. I think the only cassette I had to play on it then was ‘The Simpsons’ album.
The creation of the Walkman was a real innovation as it allowed the user to listen to their own collection of music wherever and whenever they chose to.
The Walkman was born in 1979, when the Sony chairman asked his designers to make an item which would help him pass the time when on business trips, and allow him to listen to his favourite operas. Since its release the product has sold over 200 million units.
