Sony to stop production of the Walkman

[Flippant]

Is this where I show my age?

Was amazed* then saddened to hear the news that Sony are to stop production of their Walkman

I remember being jealous that my older brother got one, all I got was some cheap copy a year later at Christmas 

For some reason my Mum gave me a few of her old tapes to play - which included Abba... A few months afters getting my cheap-copy-of-a-Walkman I was buying tapes for about £2



*WTF they were still producing them?

[Annwyn]

In Sweden the Walkman was for some reason called freestyle

[Mansen]

Actually the media jumped the gun. Sony has stopped producing and selling Walkmans in Japan only. In the rest of this outdated world they are apparantly still a viable product

Horrible Google Translation from Danish
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=da&tl=en&u=http://newz.dk/sony-kassette-walkman-en-er-ikke-doed

[Abominatus]

For some bizarre reason, some motor vehicles are still sold here with cassette decks and no CD player. The other day, I got into a rental car that was brand new and there it was. People younger than me probably spend some time trying to figure out how to slot their CD into that.

Why anything still supports that format is beyond me, but apparently there is still some kind of market for it.

[Selassie]

I miss making mix tapes

[Kharinde]

I still have one exactly like this:

I lost track of how many CD players and DVD players I went through over the years, but that red brick still works.

[Annwyn]

I miss making mix tapes

Me too! It was the ultimate gift

[Khulkhazam]

Aw I remember those!

Not being much of a music person I really don't know what the latest music holding thingy is so I'm older/more outdated than most modern people ^^

[Mayet]

I'm pretty young, but I still remember begging mom for the Aqua's tape.
Yes, Aqua. Something wrong with that? I was like 10!
And I still have Spice Girl's one and other stuff. And a working walkman.
Sigh, I feel a bit sad remembering that stuff. And feel old.

And I remember aswell doing a mix tape for my best friend of the time.
T_T

[Blazul]

i have an old beaten up black and gold one :S

Remember how songs were getting slower and slower as the batteries started going numb xD     

[Flippant]

i have an old beaten up black and gold one :S

Remember how songs were getting slower and slower as the batteries started going numb xD     

hmmmm reminds about 'cleaning tapes' too, or a brush to clear out any crud that fell in.

[Hookgab]

I remember having one of  these (an older model though, for my 8th Christmas) :D

[Destia]

Hah, the first sort of musical device I got was a CD player walkman just like this one, a little bit older than that model though but couldn't find the picture. >.<

[Aranellis]

Ooooh i had an identical cd player to that one

[Flippant]

I had a Sony CD player too, but to be honest... it was a total waste of cash. I hardly every used it because I just felt it was too bulky.

This was when CDs were still quite expensive, most of my music collection was in cassette form, my (older) friends had crappy old tin-box cars with cassette players too. So why buy CDs? New fangled technology surely wouldn't last long?