The Walkman, introduced by Sony in 1979, transformed portable music with its mobility and convenience. Despite initial variations in global branding, the term “Walkman” became synonymous with personal ...

WASHINGTON — “Music to go” was revolutionized, 35 years ago today. Long before music fans carried music on mobile phones or iPods, the first Sony Walkman — model TPS-L2 — went on sale in Japan, July 1 ...

It was clunky, with big buttons and bright colors, and in the 1980s, every kid desperately wanted one. Before there was an iPod, there was the Sony Walkman, and Tuesday marks the 35th anniversary ...

Sony Corp unveiled its first MP3-compatible, hard disk Walkman music player on Tuesday in an attempt to recover ground lost to Apple Computer’s iPod. The world’s biggest consumer electronics maker ...

While the Walkman name is likely to conjure up flashbacks of big hair and Iron Maiden cassette mixes, Sony has made a big push in recent years to rebrand Walkman as a premium music player line that ...

The Sony Walkman ZX2 is a luxury portable player with Android streaming apps, a premium build and excellent sound, but its high price may be too much for all but the most dedicated music lovers. Ty ...

Sony’s Walkman brand used to be synonymous with portable music players. These days many of us just use our phones as MP3 players to listen to music on the go, but some folks prefer something a little… ...

Before smartphones there were iPods and other portable media players. But before all of them, there was the Sony Walkman, a portable cassette player that let you take your music with you. Sony’s ...

Its casing of brushed aluminum alloy, with textured black leather embedded in the back plate, gives the unit a high-quality and sturdy feel; it weighs about half a pound. Sony says the new Walkman ...

Sony might be bringing Google's mobile operating system to its Sony Walkman music players. But is it really capable of capturing more market share by using Android? CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...

On the boat where I work, the company doesn't permit the wifi to extend to the factory, but a lot of people bring their phones to listen to something while they do monotonous work. If Sony made an ...