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The Sony Walkman, a popular portable music device in the '80s that dropped into obscurity in the '90s , is back on top again — in Japan. A survey by the Tokyo-based marketing research company BCN Inc. indicates that Sony — which had consistently placed second to iPod — placed first for the month of August. Sony’s share of the market for digital music players beat out Apple with a 47.8 percent market share last… Read More

While Sony never got it right with their transition into digital music, we have to admit that we quite like what we see in their new E Series Walkman. The most important things to note here are the battery life and price. At $70 you get a 4GB player (8GB – $80) that boasts a very impressive 50 hour battery life as well as 10 hours of video playback. That's ten bucks more than an iPod Shuffle and you get a screen. And if you're… Read More

Kevin Rollins: “It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success. Well those things that become fads rage and then they drop off. When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well you don't hear about the Walkman anymore. I believe that one product wonders come and go. You… Read More

  “It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success. Well those things that become fads rage and then they drop off. When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman–a rage, everyone had to have one,” he said. Several CEO's have gone on record saying that Apple is only producing a couple fad products and will… Read More