sony walkman was first sold in stores in the us in june 1980.
sony walkman was first sold in stores in the us in june 1980.
when was sony walkman first sold in stores?
the us in june 1980
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