The Audman is a case design for iPhone that would turn the device into a retro Walkman, coming with analog style playback buttons and as well as volume control. This Kickstarter project, run by Dean Ekkaia and Sean Solberg from Berkeley, is currently waiting for backers so it can start producing the first batch after reaching its $42,000 goal. More »

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It’s been a while, but Sony has unveiled its latest Walkman! More »

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Providing dual uses as a speaker and charging dock for the Sony Walkman media player, these Hello Kitty speakers are cute and functional. More »

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Sony has now announced a new set of portable and wearable Walkman MP3 players. The Walkman Music Clip NWZ-B160 will feature a variety of colors ranging from red, pink, blue, black and green. The price of the devices are unknown but the Walkman Music Clips are expected to be seen in stores by June 2011. More »

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And I thought Apple had taken over the world. Apparently not, as Sony Walkman sales, which used to be the second favorite of Japanese customers, have jumped up and knocked Apple iPods off their high horse throne. More »

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Sony has recently introduced a new line of their Walkman MP3 players that will have “outstanding sound quality, advanced audio technologies, extreme battery life, and more” all packed into in a sub-$100 unit. The new Walkman NWZ-E350 Series Video MP3 Players will support up to 50 hours of audio playback, and 10 hours of supported video playback. Supported audio formats include MP3, WMA (DRM), AAC (non-DRM) and linear PCM. The supported video format is WMV (DRM). More »

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Sony Japan is celebrating the global box office champion Toy Story 3 by offering NW-S series Walkman MP3 players with your beloved Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and company engraved on the backs of the devices. More »

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Sony’s Ericsson division of cell phones continue with its announcement of the Spiro and Zylo Walkman slider models that are coming out Q3 in select areas of the world. Like all units in the Walkman series, these are fairly small and basic cell phones that focus on music playing. Sony touts the Spiro and Zylo’s FLAC support for audiophiles, but we audiophiles know that the biggest bottlenecks of mobile audio are mostly down to mediocre DACs and headphone amplifiers, not the files, although lower bit-rate MP3s (below 256Kbps) are noticeably compressed when heard through quality earphones. More »

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Sony is pushing new boundaries today with the introduction of the Sony Walkman A840. These iPod Nano like music players are not anything we’ve seen from Sony. It’s their thinnest Walkman music player ever at 7.2mm. It offers a 2.8-inch OLED screen but no touchscreen, Wi-Fi or HD output.

It comes with a noise-canceling feature that might attract some new users. Here are some quick specs: More »

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Today was the 30th Anniversary for one of the most iconic name in the gadget world, Sony’s Walkman.

Sony, which first introduced the quirky, block looking device that played cassette tapes, changed the landscape of music and became an instant classic due to its cutting edge technology (at the time). The Walkman ruled the 70’s and 80’s leading into the 90’s. Until the the arrival of the iPod from Apple, Sony was the leader in music and music hardware. More »

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Scott Campbell of Aberdeen, Scotland last week decided to take his dad’s old Walkman for a spin. You remember those things don’t you? The spinning tape, the need to flip the tape to listen to side B? Well Scott’s experience was very impressing. (Scott’s quotes after the break) More »

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