Sony Walkman Released to Market

Portable cassette player revolutionized personal audio and became the defining gadget of the 1980s, spawning a generational shift.

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Walkman is a brand of portable audio players manufactured by Sony since 1979. It was originally introduced as a portable cassette player and later expanded to include a range of portable audio products. Since 2011, the brand has referred exclusively to digital flash memory players.

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