Sony has released a ‘Walkman’ to mark the 40th anniversary of its iconic portable cassette player. But it’s missing one rather obvious missing feature: the ability to play tapes.

Portable and cool, the Sony Walkman was a must-have for any self-respecting teen in the 1980s. But now Sony has announced that it will no longer be making the iconic portable cassette players ...

The Sony Walkman was the very first portable cassette player when it launched on July 1, 1979 and went on sale for around £120. It changed the way people listened to music when it was initially ...

Sony has announced the return of its iconic Walkman music player, although nostalgic music enthusiasts may be displeased to hear the device will cost £949. The Sony Walkman ZX2 The Japanese firm ...

Sony is targeting “serious music lovers” with its latest portable music player, the Walkman NW-ZX2. Yes, the much-loved Walkman brand is back - and with an eye-watering £949 price tag.

By Claudine Beaumont 25 October 2010 • 12:38pm The cassette-based Walkman was hugely popular in the 1980s, but was superseded by CD, miniDisc and MP3 players Credit: Photo: AFP ...

Sony has sold about 220 million Walkman devices since the gadget's explosive 1979 debut, but the portable cassette player has steadily yielded market share to portable CD players and then ...

Now, with cassette sales growing in the US in 2022, the Walkman has returned as a hi-res streaming player. Available in two models – the NW-ZX707 and NW-A306 – Sony claim the new Walkman ...

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott ...

Sony produced the cassette tape-playing Walkman until 2010 and now there are dozens of more high-tech products in the Walkman family including MP3 players and digital radios.

Sony's Walkman line recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and the latest iteration of a brand that was born a portable cassette player is by far the most ambitious. The NWZ-X1051, aka the ...

In fact, FiiO itself has said this CP13 cassette player is a direct homage to Sony's first Walkman player from 1979, even down to that "silver-blue" two-tone finish and simple rectangular design.