Sony’s iconic Walkman was an accidental megahit. The first iteration of the portable cassette player was designed for Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka, because he wanted to listen to music on long flights. The TPS-L2, the first model, was then commercially released in 1979, and sold over 500,000 units in 1980. When Sony celebrated the 20th … Continued
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