The long history of the Walkman is taking a new twist with the first Android-enabled PMP. The Sony Z-Series Walkman with Android will be out in February Sony's iconic Walkman player has always ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. First it was vinyl, and now it’s cassettes that all the cool kids want, as nostalgia takes over the music world. It seems both those ...

Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In response, his company’s engineers dreamed up the Walkman, ordering 30,000 units ...

The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock ... producing iconic devices from the Trinitron color TV in 1968 to the Walkman cassette player in 1979 to the world’s first CD player in ...

In 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, a small, lightweight and belt-worn audio cassette player that let a person comfortably listen to music via headphones while walking or running. The progenitor ...

as well as a chance to enjoy the artwork on the cassette itself. It’s also worth giving another shout out to We Are Rewind, the French audio company that impressed with its debut player, the WE-001.