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Wow - After 30 years....no more walkman

http://gizmodo.com/5671670/sony-kills-the-cassette-walkman-on-the-ipods-birthday

I really liked the picture. This was announced on the eve of the 9th birthday of iPod.

by hobbit
asked 2 years ago

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It will be missed.

catbertthegreat
2 years ago

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Sony has a history of hitting really well or really poorly. They pushed the Walkman, and changed the industry.

At the same time, though, Sony has a curious predilection towards inventing proprietary technology at the expense of perfectly good industry-accepted alternatives. Flash media, with the many standards to use, but Sony feels the need to invent memorystick/MS-duo. And UMD. And Beta. And MiniDisc. and, and, and.

And I'm flat surprised, still, that Blu-Ray won.

But the Walkman was a hit. It should be remembered. Perhaps, though, not mourned.

dosquatch
2 years ago

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I wonder if we will see them on woot now, for .99

hobbit
2 years ago

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@hobbit: No, maybe .01

sgoman5674
2 years ago

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Do they still make cassette music tapes and stuff? I stopped buying them when CD players came out.

hobbit
2 years ago

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@dosquatch: I owned several Walkmen, as well as the short lived, under-performing Discman. And while it didn't work when moving, even with shock prevention, that was one of the best Christmas presents I remember getting.

@hobbit: You can still buy new blanks, but it's my understanding the format is otherwise dead.

woothulhu
2 years ago

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The Walkman shall never die! http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/142fbb32-9a7e-4ade-82a6-e0a16e0dc38e/long-live-the-walkman-sony-fx290w-walkman

catbertthegreat
2 years ago

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Sony DAT was better, in theory, who could afford one? OMG I wanted a mini disk so bad!

caffeine_dude
2 years ago

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Er... it's only dead in Japan. The Gizmodo article has been updated.

Still, free publicity for the Walkman either way.

journeyloaded
2 years ago

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Journeyloaded is correct. Production has only stopped in Japan but will still be available in the US.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371493,00.asp

richellelander
2 years ago

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I still have my Yellow MiniDisc. That thing was awesome.

w00dland
2 years ago

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I just got rid of my wireless walkman... LOL

kawaiikoj
2 years ago

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That's a real...dragman.

happyknappybeard
2 years ago

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I have a MiniDisc and still use it, since I can control it with the remote on the headphone cord, unlike my Sansa, makes it great when I'm running/biking in the many nearby parksand don't have to worry about listening for traffic

compassstl
a year ago

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