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"After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player. The final batch was shipped to Japanese retailers in April, according to IT Media. Once these units are sold, new cassette Walkmans will no longer be available through the manufacturer. The first generation Walkman (which was called the Soundabout in the U.S., and the Stowaway in the UK) was released on July 1, 1979 in Japan. Although it later became a huge success, it only sold 3,000 units in its first month. Sony managed to sell some 200 million iterations of the cassette Walkman over the product line's 30-year career."

http://tiny.cc/rw20z

10/25/2010 7:05:48 PM

They are about 10 years late from when they should have stopped making these.

10/25/2010 7:07:40 PM

it'll just drive up the price on the hipster market

i hate making hipster comments, but i feel like this is a valid statement

10/25/2010 7:08:04 PM

Today, we are all the 1980s.

10/25/2010 7:31:54 PM

what kind of hipster uses a walkman? seriously. you can't hold a bajillion songs by obscure artists on a walkman.

10/25/2010 7:33:54 PM

This, and Blockbuster, should have been LONG gone by now

[Edited on October 25, 2010 at 7:49 PM. Reason : ]

10/25/2010 7:49:08 PM

10/25/2010 7:49:48 PM

Good night, sweet prince...

10/25/2010 7:50:49 PM

Quote :

"what kind of hipster uses a walkman? seriously. you can't hold a bajillion songs by obscure artists on a walkman."

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/116282-reconsidering-the-revival-of-cassette-tape-culture/

10/25/2010 8:00:20 PM

That is truly disturbing

10/25/2010 8:10:34 PM

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"They are about 10 years late from when they should have stopped making these."

Its time for VHS to completely disappear too.

10/25/2010 8:10:46 PM

Shit...while unpacking earlier, I found 4 new blank cassette tapes still in plastic.

WHAT WILL I DO WITH THEM NOW?!?!?!?!?

10/25/2010 8:13:43 PM

we loved you. I had the yellow one

10/25/2010 8:19:51 PM

I thought I was so cool when I got the digital one that had the AM/FM radio as well....SO COOL

10/25/2010 8:25:28 PM

^i had a yellow sport one... and a classic black one





also had one of these:

10/25/2010 8:25:42 PM

yeah yeah... thats the one

10/25/2010 8:27:03 PM

aha, remember these shits?

10/25/2010 8:27:30 PM

hhahaha I had the silver discman!

10/25/2010 8:34:29 PM

I had this same exact discman



with that 190% ESP

Fugees were on heavy rotation, son!

10/25/2010 8:40:29 PM

That's what I had!

Toni Braxton was killin it

10/25/2010 8:47:24 PM

never actually owned a discman

was a hardcore walkman/radio guy for a long time... usually when i was working, i played music on the computer... wasn't until i got an iphone did i get back into walking around listening to music

10/25/2010 9:05:05 PM

I still listen to my music on wax cylinders.

Its hella ironic.

10/25/2010 9:10:01 PM

^^^^ i had that!


and the cassette tape attachment to play cds on your car cassette player



collective soul, offspring all the way.

[Edited on October 25, 2010 at 9:11 PM. Reason : .]

10/25/2010 9:10:41 PM