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In March 1979, at the request of Masaru Ibuka, the audio department modified the small recorder used by journalists, "Pressman", into a smaller recorder. After many people praised the good sound quality evaluation, under the leadership of Akio Morita, SONY began to launch the Walkman in July 1979. Akio Morita positioned Walkman in the youth market, emphasized youth, vitality and fashion, and created a headset culture. In February 1980, he began to sell Walkman in the world, and in November 1980, he began to use the non-standard Japanese and English brand globally. The Walkman has sold more than 250 million units worldwide. When Akio Morita was knighted in October 1992, the headline in the British press was "Arise Sir Sony Walkman".


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In West Germany, the Sony Walkman was introduced in 1980, and was soon followed by similar portable recorders produced by other companies. The enthusiastic early adopters were mainly teenagers and members of a new social stratum of young, urban professionals, who would later come to be known as "yuppies". These early users were to be seen with their Walkmans while shopping, strolling, biking, skating, or commuting. By 1984, 30 per cent of the twelve- to fifteen-year-olds in West Germany owned a Walkman. This proportion shrank to 5 per cent in the twenty-five- to twenty-nine-year-old segment." An audio journal defined the Walkman as "a technology for a generation who has nothing to talk about any more," and a leading German news magazine pictured teenagers eating and shopping with their friends while also listening to their Walkmans.

Heike Weber, "Stereo City: Mobile Listening in the 1980s."

See Raiucer Schönhatnmer. Der ""Walknani" Eive phanomeobegics Untersuchung (München: Kirchheim, 1988) p. 65

Se Srereplay, No. 2, 1981, p. 13: "High und fidel," Der Spige (8 June 1981): 210-213

Here's an interesting fact:

"From Apollo 7 onwards, NASA equipped every astronaut with a compact Sony TC-50 cassette recorder, a sort of proto-Walkman. Its primary purpose was not to play music but, rather, to serve as a convenient way for the astronauts to log mission notes verbally instead of with a pen and paper." https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/mickey-kapp-apollo-11-astro-mixtapes

CD Walkman

 * supported ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, MP3
 * 2003: D-NE1, D-NE9
 * 2004: D-NE10, D-NE900, D-NE800, D-NE20, D-NE920, D-NE820
 * 2005: D-NE720, D-NE830

MD Walkman

 * supported MDLP
 * 2000: MZ-E500, MZ-E700, MZ-E900, MZ-R900
 * 2001: MZ-E909, MZ-R909
 * 2002: MZ-E10


 * Net-MD
 * 2001: MZ-N1
 * 2002: MZ-N10
 * 2003: MZ-N910


 * Hi-MD
 * 2004: MZ-NH1, MZ-NH3D, MZ-EH1
 * 2005: MZ-DH10P, MZ-RH910, MZ-RH10
 * 2006: MZ-RH1

Network Walkman

 * NW-E50, E7, E90
 * NW-400: E405, E407, E474
 * NW-500: E505, E507, E575
 * NW-E00：E003(1GB), NW-E005(2GB)
 * NW-E010：E013(1GB), E015(2GB), E016(4GB)
 * NW-E020：E023(1GB), E025(2GB), E026(4GB)
 * NW-E040：E042(2GB), E043(4GB), E044(8GB)
 * NW-HD：HD1, HD3, HD5
 * NW-A：A3000, A1000, A608, A607, A605, A805, A806, A808, A916, A918, A919
 * NW-S：S203, S205, S603, S605, S703, S705, S706, S615, S616, S618, S715, S716, S718
 * NWD-E：E023, E025
 * NWZ-：E435, E436, E438, E443
 * NWD-B：B103, B105, B152f(2GB)
 * NWZ-B：B133, B135, B142, B143, B153, B163, B173, B180
 * NWZ-A：A815, A816, A818, A726, A728, A729, A826, A828, A844, A845, A846, A847, A864(8G), A865(16G), A866(32G)、A867(64G)(Japan)

A10(A15/A16/A17), A20(A25/A25HN/A26HN/A27HN), A30(A35/A35HN/A36HN/A37HN), A40(A45/A45HN/A46HN), A50(A55/A55HN/A55WI/A56HN/A57), A100(A105/A105HN/A106HN/A107/A100TPS)


 * NWZ-S：S615, S616, S618, S736, S738, S739, S745, S754, S755, S764, S765, S774, S775
 * NWZ-X：X1050, X1060
 * NWZ-W：W202, W252, w262, W273
 * NWZ-Z：Z1070(64GB)、Z1060(32GB), Z1050(16GB), Z1040(8GB), ZX1(128GB), ZX2(128GB), ZX100, ZX300A(16GB)、ZX300(64GB), ZX505(16GB), ZX507(64GB)
 * NWZ-F：F804(8GB), F805(16GB), F806(32GB), F885(16GB), F886(32GB), F887(64GB)

Sony Ericsson/Sony Walkman Phone
The Walkman Phone is not a real Walkman, but a Sony Ericsson/Sony phone that contains Sony's rich music functions and is called a "Walkman" player. Some Walkman phones have a "Walkman" real button (one press to enter the Walkman player interface). Some mobile phones also have dual stereo speakers.


 * Sony Ericsson closed system
 * 2005－W800i, W900i, W550i
 * 2006－W810i, W700i, W300i, W710i, W850i, W950i, W42S(Japan)
 * 2007－W200i, W580i, W610i, W880i, W660i, W910i, W960i, W52S(Japan)
 * 2008－W380i, W890i, W350i, W980, W760i, W595, W902, SO905i(Japan)
 * 2009－W508, W705, W395, W995, W205, Premier3(Japan), Xmini(W65S)(Japan)
 * 2010－Spiro(W100i), Zylo(W20),Yendo(W150i)
 * 2011－Mix(WT13i)
 * OMS system
 * 2011－WT18
 * Android intelligence system
 * 2011－W8(E16i), Live(WT19)
 * 2014 - Xperia E1