The first Sony Walkman went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979, introducing both a new concept in music and a device that would become an icon of modern pop culture -- a personal, portable stereo ...

Broadcaster Jang Sung-kyu met with producer Ko Dong-wan of the "1st Walkman PD", who first planned and produced 'Workman', ...

A Walkman on display in a gallery of Japanese art at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. Getty Images “Before social media, it was limited to older generations,” Ho told The Guardian.

The Walkman débuted in Japan, in 1979, to near silence. But, within a year and a half, Sony would produce and sell two million of them. Photograph from Alamy ...

Sony’s Walkman, which turns 35 years old on July 1, 2014, went on to sell hundreds of millions of magnetic tape-reeling units, decades before Apple’s iPod ushered in the digital, solid state ...

The Walkman wasn’t a giant leap forward in engineering: magnetic cassette technology had been around since 1963, when the Netherlands-based electronics firm Philips first created it for use by ...

If you wanted to listen to music a generation ago, it wasn't in your phone. You likely did it with a Sony Walkman. The original debuted July 1, 1979.

But until July 1, 1979, the day the Walkman went on sale in Japan, people had no concept of portable music--not the kind that Sony offered. Until that day, portable music mostly meant holding a ...

The Walkman is compact and lightweight, weighing 113 grams, sporting a 3.6-inch touchscreen, and offering Bluetooth connectivity. Listeners can enjoy up to 26 hours with a music service app on ...

The Walkman, the handheld cassette tape player released by Sony in 1979, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Monday. For decades, it dominated the music industry.

Thirty five years after its debut, Sony's Walkman is enjoying a little comeback. The new $700 Walkman is aimed at premium buyers, as technological advances help more audio-on-the go users head ...