sony walkman was first sold in stores in 1999.
sony walkman was first sold in stores in 1999.
when was sony walkman first sold in stores?
1999
the metal-cased blue-and-silver walkman tps-l2, the world's first low-cost portable stereo, went on sale in japan on july 1, 1979, and was sold for around ¥39,433.58 (or $150.00), or ¥57,109.02 (or $498.66) adjusted for inflation. though sony predicted it would sell about 5,000 units a month, it sold more than 50,000 in the first two months. sony introduced the walkman in the us as the soundabout and the uk as the stowaway; as developing new, copyright-free names in every country was expensive, sony settled on walkman, a play on pressman. the tps-l2 was introduced in the u.s. in june 1980.
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list of sony walkman products









































the following is a partial list of sony walkman products (but does not include cassette tape devices).









































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sony expanded minidisc's possibilities with the introduction of netmd (networkmd). these allowed the use of a pc to convert music from cds or mp3s into atrac3 format, and use a usb cable to transfer the music to the minidisc at a much faster rate than was possible when using a line-in cable.
list of sony walkman products