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	Sony Walkman - Music to whose ears?
		By winter, the rebranded Walkman was pushing a million sales and spawning all manner of extras – AM/FM radio, Dolby B and C. Soon to follow were recordable machines, shirt-pocket models and a yellow Sports Walkman, supposedly water-resistant but so heavy that it was bound to drownanyone short of Olympic pool practice.
		Even a Walkman Pro with noise reduction in a soundproofed room failed to reproduce anything like the dynamic range of a symphony orchestra, the high Cs of a Pavarotti, the low rumblings of a Glenn Gould.
		The decline in classical concertgoing may be partly ascribed to the Walkman, which devalued magnificence and rendered its utilitarian.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/040726-NL-walkman.html (1079 words)

	Sony Global - Press Release - Sony Celebrates Walkman(R) 20th Anniversary
		According to Sony's latest figures, cumulative worldwide shipments of the cassette tape Walkman are 186 million units, 46 million units for the CD Walkman, and 4.6 million units for the MD Walkman (as of the end of the fiscal year 1998).
		The Walkman was created by eliminating the record function and a speaker from a conventional cassette tape recorder and instead equipping it with stereo circuits and a stereo headphone terminal.
		The Walkman was initially launched as 'Soundabout' in the U.S., 'Stowaway' in England, and 'Freestyle' in Australia.
	www.sony.net /SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199907/99-059 (993 words)

	author, journalist - Phil Patton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Walkman and its rivals quickly became a landmark in the history of media and a symbol of an inwardly focused era.
		The Walkman might be said to have introduced another kind of bubble: a technogical bubble of concentration and obliviousness to surroundings, a private space in public.
		But the Walkman was the first to show the psychological effects: note how the mobile Walkman user boldly makes eye contact with other pedestrians, as if somehow unconsciously reasoning that because you cannot hear what he is listening to you also cannot see what he is looking at.
	www.philpatton.com /walkman.html (1824 words)

	Walkman St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		The Walkman became one of the most successful audio products of the postwar period, and like the Victrola before it, any personal portable cassette player was called a "walkman," regardless of manufacturer.
		Although a tribute to the semiconductor and the ingenuity of Japanese engineering, the walkman is not purely significant in the way it works but also in what it represents.
		It is an evolutionary step in a process that began about a hundred years earlier when pioneers of recorded sound began to reduce the size and cost of their machines.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419101291 (932 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sony to develop Walkman brand cellphone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sony Ericsson has already sold 5.5 million Walkman phones in the rest of the world, including the United States, since August last year, and hopes the handset will catch on in Japan as well.
		Unlike those sold elsewhere, the Walkman phones in Japan will connect to a digital music store operated by KDDI called Listen Mobile Service, or Lismo, for downloading music and will also download tunes directly into the cellphone in a separate KDDI service called "chaku-uta" that's already popular in Japan.
		Koji Otsuka, a KDDI official, said the Walkman phone was an important part of the company's defenses ahead of number portability.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/products/2006-05-22-walkman-japan_x.htm?csp=34 (605 words)

	Sony Global - Sony History
		The journalists were surprised at the unusual nature of the Walkman launch event, and this was apparent in their expressions.
		Although the Walkman went on sale on July 1, as planned, by the end of July only 3,000 units had been sold and doubts about the product resurfaced.
		High school and college festivals and other events were also targeted, and when young people put on the headphones and listened, their skeptical expressions were replaced with ones of delight.
	www.sony.net /Fun/SH/1-18/h3.html (724 words)

	Playlist: Sony plans expansion of Network Walkman line
		Sony Corp. will expand its Network Walkman line of digital music players later this month with the introduction of three new players based on flash memory chips, the company said Tuesday.
		Weighing in at 37 grams, the new Network Walkman players are circular in shape and measure just under 6 centimeters (cm) in diameter -- slightly smaller than the diameter of a soft drink can -- and are 2 cm thick.
		MP3 support was missing from the company's first Network Walkman when it was launched in mid-2004.
	playlistmag.com /news/2005/03/08/walkman/index.php (600 words)

	Walkman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Walkman is a popular Sony brand used by the company to market its portable audio players, and is synonymously used to refer to the original Walkman portable personal stereo player and as a generic term for similar devices from other manufacturers.
		Unusually for a portable device, the Walkman Professional had bright LED recording level meters and manual control of recording levels.
		The Smiths song Bigmouth Strikes Again humerously mentions Joan of Arc having a Walkman, and it melting in the flames as she is executed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walkman (3228 words)

	Walkman vs. iPod / Sony takes aim at Apple with new music players (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sony celebrated the Walkman's birthday last week by introducing two new portable music players, a Walkman with a 20-GB hard drive, and the Vaio Pocket music player with a 40-GB hard drive, both designed to compete against the now dominant iPod.
		In a broader sense, Sony's new Walkman devices signal the latest escalation in a battle between the traditional consumer electronics-makers and the newcomer computer-makers, which are all chasing after a growing consumer appetite for digital media and entertainment.
		While the Walkman NW-HD1 is aimed at Sony's more traditional customers, Sony's Vaio computer division geared the Vaio Pocket Player, a 40-GB device, for people who rely more on their computers.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/05/BUG267F5521.DTL (1595 words)

	Sony : NEW MP3 WALKMAN : United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The brand new Sony MP3 WALKMAN is the most cutting-edge yet, combining high-end design with ease-of-use and advanced functionality which seriously upgrades your listening experience.
		The search method is much simpler to use than other players as it’s easy to jump straight to the artist, album or song via their initials, rather than scrolling up and down a long list.
		The WALKMAN will be accompanied by a whole range of design-matching accessories; a stylish remote control for easier navigation, various carrying cases, a docking station for convenient connection with the PC, as well as a docking speaker system giving the option to connect to a PC (data sync) and play music through the speakers
	www.sony.co.uk /view/ShowArticle.action?section=en_GB_Products&article=1123689905907&site=odw_en_GB (462 words)

	Sony : NEW WALKMAN is born : Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sony WALKMAN is a true extension of the user’s personal taste and musical preferences.
		Sony WALKMAN records three years of playback history that can be searched and also features the first ever ‘Initial Search’ on a hard disc device, allowing the user to scroll from A-Z for ultimate ease of use.
		The 20GB Sony WALKMAN is available in two stylish colourways, violet and silver; while the 6GB unit comes in the additional colours of pink and blue.
	www.sony-europe.com /PageView.do?section=en_EU_Press&pressrelease=1123689906542&site=odw_en_EU&page=PressReleaseDetail (546 words)

	New WALKMAN Flash MP3 Players for 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Sony WALKMAN range also boasts an unrivalled playback facility, with 28* hours playback when using the ATRAC3 format and 27* hours with MP3, using the internal Lithium-ion rechargeable battery.
		The slimline WALKMAN Flash builds on the design success of its predecessors by providing a compact polycarbonate “stick” in a range of vibrant colours (pink, blue, silver, violet, fl, and lime green).
		The WALKMAN Flash launches with a new range of stylish accessories including neck strap headphones, protective case, and an armband case for listeners on-the-go; all available from the end of this month across Europe.
	www.products.sony.co.uk /walkman_flash_2006.asp (621 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Sony plans Walkman to rival iPod
		Sony is to revamp its famous Walkman by launching a digital music player to rival Apple's iPod, which has led the market since its 2001 launch.
		The Walkman hits Japan on 10 July, the US in August and Europe by September.
		Launched to mark the 25th anniversary of the original Walkman cassette player, Sony said it had used advanced compression technology to pack more songs in a smaller storage space.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3855745.stm (401 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Sony Walkman SRF-H5 AM/FM Radio at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This Sony Walkman headset features a local/distant switch as well as an option for mega-bass, which makes your favorite tunes sound all the better as you crank em up.
		This Sony Walkman headset is easily adjustable to fit the size of your head and it stays held in place quite nicely.
		I did notice some discomfort at first from the rubber piece that hangs the radio on your ears, but this went away after a little bit of use as the rubber softened up a bit.
	www.epinions.com /content_219559595652 (328 words)

	Pocket Calculator's Vintage Walkman Museum
		Our goal here is to provide you with the most complete vintage walkman and portable stereo information source anywhere.
		In the first 20 years of the walkman's existence, there were literally hundreds of models produced by dozens of manufacturers.
		Walkman walks from Japan: After over 25 years of manufacture of the Walkman, Sony announced on January 25, 2006 that it has ended domestic production of the popular music player.
	pocketcalculatorshow.com /walkman (414 words)

	Playlist: Sony's new Walkman players pack noise cancelling
		Sony is packing its new Walkman digital music players with noise cancelling and other audio enhancing technology in its latest attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple’s iPod.
		On the new Walkmans, that microphone is in the headphones, which means listeners must use the supplied headphones for the noise cancelling to work.
		That might make the 4GB Walkman look expensive at first glance but when the price of a pair of noise cancelling headphones is added to the iPod price consumers might find Sony’s price more reasonable.
	playlistmag.com /news/2006/10/12/walkman/index.php/?lsrc=plrss (552 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sony debuts 20GB Walkman to silence iPod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Japanese consumer electronics maker said the 20-gigabyte device, its second hard-disk drive gadget aimed at unseating Apple, will be launched on July 10 in Japan, by mid-August in the United States and in September in Europe.
		Dubbed the Network Walkman NW-HD1, it is the first major upgrade to the legendary Walkman brand on its 25th anniversary.
		It is hoping the cachet of the Walkman brand name will help it close the gap on the iPod and Apple's iTunes download service.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-07-01-sony-mp3-walkman_x.htm (581 words)

	Review: Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman phone - News by InformationWeek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sony Ericsson’s $499 W800i Walkman phone does something pretty amazing: It merges an MP3 player, digital camera, mobile phone, and even an FM radio into one small, comfortable device, while maintaining a tight integration and full functionality of the components.
		Anyone considering this phone should check with their carrier to ensure the phone is going to work for you in the areas you need it.
		The W800i has a dedicated Walkman button on the top of the keypad that launches the MP3 player, as well as all of the typical playback options available.
	www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170701552 (816 words)

	Sony MD Walkman MZ-NH600D Reviews. MiniDisc Players Reviews by CNET. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Walkman comes with a comfortable pair of traditional headphones, a welcome change from ubiquitous earbuds, but no wired remote, despite the presence of a remote jack on the player.
		After listening to the flat, muddy sound produced by the Sony MD Walkman MZ-NH600D, we couldn't help wondering if the headphones or the ATRAC compression were to blame--or a combination of the two.
		However, because you need to install its driver first, the Walkman isn't as versatile for moving data between PCs as many flash players are.
	reviews.cnet.com /Sony_MD_Walkman_MZ_NH600D/4505-6492_7-30898714.html (1564 words)

	Sony South Africa \| Home \| ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Superb, crystal-clear sound is what you can expect with Sony's range of CD Walkman which also provides play back of music compilations recorded onto either CD-R writeable) or CD-RW(rewriteable) CD's.
		The Sony CD Walkman technology combines the convenience and portability of CD playback and the vast resources of Internet-based music.
		The Network Walkman turns you PC into a digital music jukebox.
	www.sony.co.za /cat.asp?DTID=1&CID=55 (401 words)

	Sony Electronics News and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From accessing legal downloads through a CD Walkman player that costs about $60 to collecting up to 13,000 tracks on a credit card-sized hard-drive device, Sony is the only company in a position to provide such a wide breadth of products and services for a complete digital music experience."
		The NW-E75 Network Walkman digital music player will be available in mid-July for less than $200.
		User available memory for 256MB Network Walkman is 255,344,640 bytes and for the 20 GB Network Walkman is 19,995,295,744 bytes; the remaining portions are used for data management functions.
	news.sel.sony.com /pressrelease/5008 (797 words)

	CNN - Download tunes to a Walkman - September 28, 1999
		On the Walkman's 20th birthday Friday, Sony announced the NW-MS7 Memory Stick Walkman.
		Scheduled to be available in January 2000 for a suggested price of $399, the Walkman comes with a 64MB MagicGate Memory Stick that stores up to 80 minutes of digital audio.
		The newest Walkman connects to the PC via a Universal Serial Bus port for fast transfer.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9909/28/walkman.tunes.idg (561 words)

	Amazon.com: Sony D-SJ303 S2 Sports CD Walkman: Electronics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The DSJ-303 S2 Sports CD Walkman Portable Compact Disc Player represents the new generation of Walkman players created to be durable, stylish, and ready for go-anywhere outdoor fun.
		This is a nice sturdy CD walkman that is excellent for exercising like jogging, stair stepping, aerobics...etc. It has a heavy duty snap cover to keep the CD in place so it will never open and fall out if dropped.
		The Sony D-EJ001 CD Walkman (Blue) was bought for me as a replacement for this player, but it didn't work very well, either.
	www.amazon.com /Sony-D-SJ303-Sports-CD-Walkman/dp/B0007PO3HO (1533 words)

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