Sony presses 'stop' on Walkman in Japan
After three decades and more than 220 million units, Sony has stopped selling its Walkman cassette player in Japan, the company said Monday, admitting the gadget could not keep up in the digital age.
Sony presses 'stop' on Walkman in Japan
Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka came up with the idea for the gadget on one of his overseas trips, during which he used to listen to music on existing tape recorders that were too heavy to be considered truly portable.
The initial reaction to the Walkman was poor. Many retailers thought that a cassette player without a recording mechanism had little chance of success.
That changed, and today, including newer digital models that use flash memory, total sales of the Walkman have reached 385 million around the world.
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