may 1, 1980 - Walkman
Description:
Masaru Ibuka, Sony's co-founder traveled often and found himself lugging Sony's bulky TC-D5 cassette recorder around to listen to music.It is a portable cassette player with chunky buttons, headphones and a leather case
The name "Walkman" might have been derived from the initial idea behind the machine "to use it while moving about"
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 1, 1980
Now
~ 45 years ago