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Sony Is Bringing Back the Headphones That Started It All
When Sony introduced the TPS-L2 Walkman on July 1, 1979, headphones were still largely designed for stationary listening. Many featured substantial earcups, heavy headbands, and large drivers, making them poorly suited to walking, commuting...
Why Sony Still Makes a Walkman
Sony’s new Walkman are the kind of machines that make you glad the company still builds digital audio products. The flagship NW-WM1ZM3 has a machined copper body plated in gold, with obsessive attention paid to the wiring and power circuits...
Sony and Meta Explained: The Future of PlayStation VR
According to reports from South Korea, 43 US patents changed hands between June and September 2026, as part of a larger agreement covering 419 patents worldwide. Sony has not announced the end of PSVR2 or confirmed that it is leaving the VR...
Introducing PSPMAN
When Ken Kutaragi announced the PlayStation Portable in May 2003, Sony had no finished machine to show. What it described was more than a handheld game system: it was a portable entertainment platform.
Kutaragi called it “the Walkman of th...
Why Sony Can’t Bring Back Its Classic Walkman Models
Almost every time I post one of Sony’s early Walkman models, someone asks why the company cannot simply bring them back. I understand why. There are stories almost every week announcing that cassettes and CDs are back, and several manufactu...
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