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Sony's Cassette Walkman Discontinued After 30 Years

Kristen Hawley — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:47:01 PDT

Last week, Sony announced it would be ceasing production of its cassette Walkman after 30 years. The original Walkman, which debuted in 1979, sold over 200 million units in its history.

Since then, the Walkman has given its name to many Sony personal, portable players like this waterproof model perfect for working out and the latest colorful release, currently only available in Japan.

Obviously, the demand for cassette players is gone, much less the demand for a portable cassette player weighing ten times as much as a typical portable digital music player. It's certainly become an icon in gadget history, even inspiring at least one modern MP3 player's design, not to mention its effects on headphone design. Still, it's always a sad day when a beloved gadget goes the way of the 8-track. Perhaps the Walkman will some day make a comeback similar to the record player.

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Daily Tech: The $30 Nokia 5130 XpressMusic Comes to T-Mobile

GeekSugar — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:05:31 PDT

It doesn't get much cheaper than this. T-Mobile subscribers can get their hands on Nokia's $30 5130 XpressMusic phone - The Boy Genius Report
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New Sony Walkmans Coming Next Month

GeekSugar — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:25:51 PDT

Sony is getting ready to drop two new Walkman devices this Fall - the S Series and the more affordable E Series. The S Series features an FM tuner, a 2.4-inch LCD screen, iTunes, and codec support, and a stellar lithium ion battery, which is said to last 42 hours. It will be priced at $110 for the 8GB and $130 for the 16GB.

Meanwhile, the E-Series has a smaller screen (only two inches), will support a variety of file types (unfortunately not H.264), has a battery life of 10 hours, and will cost $80 for the 8GB model and $100 for the 16GB.

The S Series will be coming in stores this September, while the E440K kit will be available for purchase in October.

Sony Introduces News Walkman Series

GeekSugar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:48:26 PDT

Sony has announced the first U.S. Walkman video players that support Windows Media technology and video. The the NWZ-A810 series and NWZ-S610 support security- enhanced Windows Media Audio (WMA), as well as non-secure AAC and MP3 music formats, plus JPEG files for photos, which means more options for downloading and managing music and video collections online. I got to check the players out a few weeks ago and was most impressed with the devices' home screen, which features a standard interface that makes it easy to navigate through the music, video or picture menus.

The video players have a Quarter Video Graphics Array LCD screen that displays video at 30 frames per second. (Quarter Video Graphics Array is a display mode display mode for small screens in which the resolution is 320 pixels vertically by 240 pixels horizontally.) The battery life allows up to eight hours of video playback for the NWZ-A810 series and nine-and-a-half hours for the NWZ-S610 series. The battery also provides up to 33 hours of music playback for both series. Prices range from $120 to $230.

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Daily Tech: Sony Announces Super-Slim WiFi Touchscreen Ereader

GeekSugar — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:36:53 PDT

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Sony's Summer Activity Friendly MP3 Player

GeekSugar — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:31:18 PDT

As cute and as tiny as cord organizers are becoming, dangling wires can still be a nuisance. If you want a no-fuss workout, free from cords or anything else that could get in your way, Sony's W Series Walkman MP3 Player is a tiny music device that offers 2 GB of storage and is directly connected to Sony headphones.

Perfect for joggers or gym rats, this hands-free player even comes with a Zappin feature that will scan through your music and play a portion of the song so you can play it or skip it. And for simple charging or loading your tunes, it is sold with a handy charging dock. Priced at $70 each.

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