For most people, the first portable music player was the Sony Walkman, released on July 1, 1979. For others, it might be the ...

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From the device's operatic origins to its lasting legacy, even in a world full of smartphones, here are 10 photos that tell a very portable story of the Sony Walkman.

The device is very lightweight, has an FM radio ... The Sony Walkman is largely unchanged from how it was in the 2000s, which is when we really moved from carrying around portable tape players ...