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title: "Sony Walkman Released to Market"
year: 1979
country: "Japan"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1979/sony-walkman-1979"
slug: "sony-walkman-1979"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1979-01-01"
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# Sony Walkman Released to Market

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

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Sony Walkman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman) - Wikipedia

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