In 1978, engineers at Sony successfully married a compact playback device with lightweight headphones to create the prototype for a product that would become a worldwide hit. In 1979, the 'Walkman' ...

Can the Walkman, the product that began the portable music revolution 26 years ago, make a comeback against the explosively popular iPod? The Walkman's maker, Sony, is betting that it can. But before ...

A quarter-century after Sony Corp. first shipped the legendary Walkman personal stereo, the electronics giant is launching a high-tech model that aims to topple Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod as today’s ...

When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go -- a totally innovative idea in 1979.

The first Sony Walkman went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979, introducing both a new concept in music and a device that would become an icon of modern pop culture -- a personal, portable stereo.

After 30 years, Sony has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling the venerable cassette Walkman. In a poetic twist, the official death of the Walkman lands on the iPod’s 9th ...

For the first time in four years, Sony sells more Walkman devices than Apple sells iPods, says Japanese market research firm BCN. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

On Wednesday, a legendary gadget turns thirty–Sony’s Walkman, which put high-quality music into our pockets for the first time. Back when I was at PC World, we named the original model, the TPS-L2, as ...

Have you been relieved of your iPod lately? Fellow victims, I have the perfect anti-theft device: an early Sony Walkman. I didn’t need more reasons to love the Walkman portable cassette player and its ...

Kudos to Gizmodo for being the first to make this connection. Sony just said it will finally stop manufacturing tape players. It's also (give or take a day) the 9th anniversary of the iPod's ...

You read right. Sony’s Walkmen are selling more units than Apple’s all-powerful, all conquering iPod. In the week ending August 31st, Sony’s share of portable music player sales hit 43%. The iPod ...