Walkman Then and Now
Walkman is 41 years old
Launched in: July 1, 1979
Developer(s): Sony
HardwarePortable Media Player How Walkman looked like and how it is now:
Then
Now
Description
Walkman (stylized WALKMAN) is a brand of portable media players manufactured by Sony. The original Walkman, released in 1979, was a portable cassette player that allowed people to listen to music of their choice on the move. Its popularity made “walkman” an unofficial term for personal stereos of any producer or brand. By 2010, when production stopped, Sony had built about 200 million cassette-based Walkmans
