What was the name of the portable cassette player, introduced by Sony in 1979, that let people listen to music while walking for the first time?
Walkman
The answer was Walkman. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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The Sony Walkman TPS-L2, released on July 1, 1979, was the first low-cost portable stereo cassette player. It fundamentally changed how people experienced music by making it personal and mobile — a concept that eventually led to the iPod and modern streaming on smartphones.
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- Discman - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Walkman - correct answer.
- Boombox - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- HiFi - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Walkman is the one to remember. The Sony Walkman TPS-L2, released on July 1, 1979, was the first low-cost portable stereo cassette player. Sony co-founder Akio Morita initially disliked the name 'Walkman' and wanted to change it, but the brand had already become so popular in Japan that the company kept it worldwide.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Walkman