Back to the Future: Sony Relaunches the Walkman

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GenXers are (sort of) rejoicing upon hearing the CES 2015 news that Sony remembers its roots.

Before the days of those newfangled iPhones and sundry MP3 players, there was the Walkman. It played these things called cassettes, which produced music via a magical ribbon. And kids could purchase these contraptions in mystical places called “record stores.”

I know, right?

Anyway, this device was about the size of a small block of cheese, but it worked…until the day the music died (so to speak) with the advent of Napster and iTunes.