Not until the Sony Walkman came along. The first of Sony’s iconic portable cassette tape players went on sale on this day, July 1st, back in 1979 for $150. As the story goes, Sony co-founder ...

We Are Rewind’s Cassette Player is a throwback to Sony’s iconic first Walkman from 1979, the TPS-L2. Its metallic casing and simple rectangular shape are a clear nod to the original portable cassette ...

The It’s OK cassette player is basically a Sony Walkman-style portable cassette ... allowed you to add an instant printer to a classic 35mm camera, turning it into a sort of modern Polaroid.

Over its 30 year history of the Cassette Walkman, Sony sold 200 million units. A portable music player became a part of our lives, largely because of the Walkman. It’s amazing to not think of ...