Sony unveils two new Walkman players, the iconic 1980s device still going strong
Under a time crunch, Kozo Ohsone, Shizuo Takashino and other developers took their Pressman—a bulky recorder meant for a niche market—and removed the recording mechanism, adding a lightweight pair.
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The TPS-L2 was introduced in the U.S. in June 1980. The 1980s could well have been the Walkman decade. The popularity of Sony's device — and those by brands like Aiwa, Panasonic and Toshiba.
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It was first launched in Japan on July 1, 1979, and later in the United States in June 1980. The TPS-L2 was quite different from the previous cassette players, as it was much smaller and lighter, making it easier to carry around.
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The aural and social isolation it created made the Walkman a symbol of the self-indulgent Me Generation of the 1980s. How it All Began Walkman certainly showed up at the right time for Sony. By the end of the 1970s, the company was smarting.
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The Walkman was developed by Japanese technology giant, Sony, in the late 1970s, and was launched in Japan in summer 1979, and the USA in 1980. It was an immediate success. The forerunner of Sony — the Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (TTK) — had already created the first mass-produced transistor radio, the Sony TR 55, in the mid-1950s, the first pocket.
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The concept of the Walkman - a magnetic tape player - had been around since 1963 in the Netherlands where Phillips had first created it. It's original intention was to be used for quick playback for secretaries or Journalists. There were also other portable extronics such as transistor radios.
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1979 The first Sony Walkman goes on sale The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music literally into consumers' hands in the mid-1950s. It was cheap, it was reliable and it.
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The original Walkman portable cassette player, released July 1, 1979. More from Tech Before the iPod was even a thought, Sony had sold hundreds of millions of its iconic cassette players
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Great Sony Walkman TV and Print Ads of the 1980s By Wilson Rothman Published July 1, 2009 Comments ( 45) To commemorate the Sony Walkman's 30th birthday, here are the trippy ads Sony used.
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On June 22, 1979, the Sony Walkman was launched in Tokyo. Journalists were treated to an unusual press conference. They were taken to Yoyogi (a major park in Tokyo) and given a Walkman to wear.
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The 1980s was the decade of the intensive development of the Walkman lineup. In 1981 Sony released the second Walkman model, the WM-2, which was significantly smaller compared to the TPS-L2 thanks to "inverse" mounting of the power-operated magnetic head and soft-touch buttons.
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The 13 most popular phones in the UK during the 1980s - revealed! And there's no more iconic brand in personal audio than Sony's Walkman line. It's one of the longest-running audio brands.
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