The original Walkman played cassette tapes, but Sony have created Walkman CD and MP3 players since. The Walkman was first created because Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka wanted to be able to listen to ...

The long history of the Walkman ... Sony's iconic Walkman player has always been a pioneer for personal music players. The original cassette player was a revolution and its Discman personal CD ...

Since then, there have been more than 300 different Walkman models, ranging from cassette players to CD players and MP3 players and even video units. Hundreds of millions of units have been sold—and ...