Sony Launches the Walkman
Sony 推出隨身聽 Walkman
Source: Time Magazine Selects the Most Influential Electronic Devices!
From: Time magazine
Date: May 11, 2016Author: Kuo Kuang-hao
The personal stereo is a compact, lightweight, portable media player distinguished by the use of headphones to deliver audio. Sony’s Walkman is the archetypal example, with fellow Japanese brands like Panasonic, domestic brands like Aiwa, European brands like Philips, and American brands like Apple all bearing witness to the personal stereo’s rise and fall. The earliest personal stereos offered only radio reception, tape playback, or recording functions; as electronics advanced, they became progressively smaller and diversified into many formats — CD, MiniDisc, MP3, MP4, and more. After the founding Sony Walkman dominated the market for twenty-five years, the personal stereo gradually lost its top market share position as Apple-led MP3 formats eroded sales.
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- Top Ten Music Inventions of Fifty Years — Sony Walkman Takes No. 1 (Digital Times)
- Sony Walkman: How It Completely Changed the Way We Listen to Music on the Go (Sony Official Website)
- Monday Sound Object — Ma Shih-fang: The Walkman (Books.com.tw Reading Life)
- Besides the iPhone and the Walkman, Which Other Digital Products Defined Their Era? (Yidu)