The venerable Sony Walkman® “walked” away from the game
last month for good. Officially retired by Sony Corporation and
out of production as a global consumer product although some
limited versions will apparently still be available in technology
backwaters, mostly in underdeveloped parts of Asia.
The Sony Walkman® has lingered around in a manner similar to
a whithered old athlete who has stayed around a bit too long and
couldn’t take the hint that the time has come to hang up the cleats.
Maybe not as bad a situation as Hall Of Fame baseball player
Willy Mays stumbling over his own feet in the outfield, but the
sentiment is quite the same.
Young people still drive the market for music as they always have,
and many of today’s most enthusiastic consumers parents were
not even born yet when Sony introduced their portable cassette
player back in 1979.
