As Sony retires milestone music player in Japan, "The Conversation" looks back. Oct. 25, 2010 — -- The Sony Walkman is about to go mute, but it's not because the AA batteries are running out.

HUFFINGTON POST - Sony announced that it has ceased production of cassette Walkmans, first introduced in 1979. Switched highlights the history of the Walkman: [T]he portable tape player defined the ...

Doff your hat, put your favourite '80s tune on the hi-fi and prepare to pour one out for a dear departed musical legend -- the legendary Sony Walkman is no more. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and ...

IT’s 40 years since Sony released the Walkman — changing the face of music forever. Launched in July 1979, the portable device sold more than 400 million units. The comparative size of a Sony Walkman ...

Even though it's a long time since cassettes have truly been in vogue, it's still disappointing Sony's 40th anniversary Walkman doesn't let you play music from magnetic tape. If you do pick up the ...

NEW YORK — The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced Monday ...

Another icon of the 1980s is heading into the history books. Sony has announced that it’s stopped production in Japan of the clunky, but oh-so-cool-for-its-time Walkman cassette player. What’s more ...

The bearer of the bad news is Amber, stationed behind a strip of plexiglass which serves as an ersatz 21st century sales counter. She seems--no, is--befuddled by my request for a Sports Walkman tape ...

In the summer of 1997, the only reason I survived a family road trip through western Canada was my trusty Walkman. It wasn’t my dad’s Walkman, which was adult, boring, and gray. While I can’t quite ...