Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Original 1979 Sony Walkman TPS-L2. In March 1979, at the request of Masaru Ibuka, the audio department modified the small recorder used by journalists, "Pressman", into a smaller recorder. After many people praised the good sound quality evaluation, under the leadership of Akio Morita, SONY began to launch the Walkman in July 1979. Akio Morita ...
Discman logo used by Sony until 2000. CD Walkman logo used from 1997 until 2000. Later Sony models bear the Walkman logo. Walkman is a Sony exclusive naming. Discman D-145 (1995) CD Walkman D-E330 (2002), with Walkman logo. Discman was a brand name used by Sony for their portable CD players. The first Discman, the Sony D-50 or D-5 (depending on ...
The original Sony Walkman TPS-L2 was introduced on July 1, 1979. [2] [3] Through the 1980s and 1990s, Sony created many versions and variations in the cassette tape Walkman line [4] such as the DD series and WM series. Below is an incomplete list of cassette tape based Walkman models. Sony Walkman TPS-L2, from 1979. Sony Walkman WM-F15 ...
Before the iPod, there was the Sony Walkman. This hand-held cassette player with stereo playback revolutionized the way people listened to and related to music. Introduced in Japan in 1979, it ...
Before phones were pocket-sized supercomputers, people had to stop if they wanted to make calls on the go. ... Yi Xing invented the first known alarm clock, ... Original Sony Walkman TPS-L2 from 1979.
Nobutoshi Kihara (木原 信敏 Kihara Nobutoshi, 14 October 1926 – 13 February 2011) was an engineer at Sony, best known for his work on the original Walkman cassette-tape player in the 1970s and was commonly called Mr. Walkman in the press.
Sony (SNE) has sold its last Walkman, the pioneering portable cassette music player, in Japan, according to a report in The Register. While the device will still be available in certain regions ...
This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle brands (up to 1969). For manufacturers that went on to produce many models, it represents the start date of the whole brand; for the others, it usually represents the date of appearance of the main (perhaps only) model that was produced.