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The Audman is a Kickstarter project that is trying to bring back some retro-styling to the iPhone and iPod Touch. I’ll admit that plugging in your iPhone into the dock looks exactly like when you put a cassette into a Walkman, but there’s something strange about leaving it in there…
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December 18th, 2011 by: Range
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While the name might be a bit of a mouthful, the Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman is basically an Android smartphone that comes with integrated sharing services, specifically for music, thanks to a dedicated hardware button on the phone.…
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August 24th, 2011 by: Range
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Cassette tapes are an all-but-extinct technology, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still put them to use. You could turn them into a lamp, for instance – or how about a chair made from cassettes?…
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March 27th, 2011 by: Technabob
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One of the most beloved and most famous brands in music, the Walkman was the iPod of my childhood. Funny how both names make no direct reference to their products. Anyway the first ever commercially available Walkman was the TPS-L2, which was released in July 1979; it’s blue-and-silver body still…
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November 25th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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I just love the design of this iPhone case that’s designed to look like an old-school Sony Walkman.
This handmade leather case comes to us courtesy of London UK artist Tovicorrie of Beautiful Skin. Each one is imprinted with a retro image of Sony’s classic cassette player, layered onto either…
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August 6th, 2009 by: Technabob
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While it’s a bit late in the game, Sony’s X-series Walkman looks to be the company’s best PMP, as reviewed by T3. The X’s OLED screen and superior audio quality pleased T3′s Brian Ashcraft, saying “It sucker punches the iPod from the off with cracking sonics, ” and “the OLED…
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May 20th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Sony has seen better times: the PSP was almost abandoned by game developers due to rampant piracy, the PS3 isn’t selling like its previous incarnations, and the iPod is the new Walkman. But the Japanese giant soldiers on, and are still releasing new products left and right, such as the…
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April 22nd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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It’s official: the guys at Sony Insider are flippin’ Nostradamuses. Nostradamusi. Nostradami. They are any of those three, because the latest incarnation of Sony’s Walkman has been unveiled at CES, and the gadget’s specs are almost exactly the same as the ones that Sony Insider leaked about a month ago.…
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January 9th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias
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Sony Insider claims that a new, touch screen-equipped Walkman will be unveiled at CES 2009. The player is also rumored to have a 3-in OLED display and will come in 16 GB and 32 GB versions. The big addition to the Walkman will be web browsing via WiFi.
The article…
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December 13th, 2008 by: Lambert Varias
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Check out these awesome soft fabric pieces of audio gear. I can’t decide if I like the Boombox or the Walkman better.
I love how the artist even made a little pair of headphones and some cassettes to go with the portable tape player.
All were lovingly handcrafted by Israel’s…
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September 20th, 2007 by: Technabob
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