history of Audio Players

iconic portable cassette tape players

Jul 1, 1979

The first of Sony's iconic portable cassette tape players went on sale on this day, for $150

HISTORY OF AUDIO

Period: Jul 1, 1979 to Jan 1, 2013

original Walkman portable cassette player

Oct 20, 1979

-The original Walkman portable cassette player, was released

Sony's first 'Discman

Oct 20, 1984

Sony's first 'Discman' was released

Digital Audio Tapes

Oct 20, 1987

Sony introduced Digital Audio Tapes (DAT)

built-in flash memory and expandable memory cards.

Oct 20, 2003

Walkman features both 256 MB of built-in flash memory and expandable memory cards.

MP3 player

Oct 20, 2005

Sony says this MP3 player, was released

first Walkman phone,

Oct 20, 2007

Sony's first Walkman phone, the W200 was released

first touchscreen Walkman

Oct 20, 2009

-Sony's first touchscreen Walkman, the NW-X series, debuted at CES

classic cassette tape

Oct 20, 2010

Sony retired the classic cassette tape Walkman line

the NW-F880 series

Oct 21, 2013

The first high-resolution audio player in Walkman history, the NW-F880 series was released.