History of the Sony Walkman - 1979

Sony’s co-founder Masaru Ibuka would listen to music cassettes while traveling for business, but he had to use a big bulky machine to play it. Ibuka asked Sony’s designer Norio Ohga (who later became president of sony) to design something a little smaller and more portable. That's how the Sony Walkman was created. Check out the video for a little more in-depth history on the Sony Walkman. Hope you like it :)

Russ

Did you know you can still buy a walkman today! Here's a link to one on amazon if you're interested.
This one has the radio and the cassette player
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You can also get a walkman CD player, which is awesome!
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*"Sony Walkman WM A602" by FaceMePLS is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....
*"Sony Walkman WM-F77" by Go_OffStation is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
*"256/366 25 Years Old, My First Sony Walkman" by Mark Seton is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
*"Vintage Sony Walkman, FM-AM Stereo Cassette Player, Model WM-F77, Made In Japan, Circa 1986" by France1978 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
*"Happy 30th Birthday, Walkman!" by Ham Hock is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
*"Sony Walkman TPS-L2" by splorp is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
*"my first 'walkman' - from 1984" by blakespot is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
*"Listening to music" by Ed Yourdon is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
*"Jeff studying and listening to music" by abbamouse is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
*Boogie Woogie Bed by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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