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Comment The tape recorder, CD, MP3, Walkman, iPod, mobile phone player et al are all disruptive and business-changing technologies, and trying to stop them is futile. Compiled at my home on a sunny autumn day over a morning... [24 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Apple iPhone
Cheat Sheet Sony Ericsson's music-playing Walkman phones debuted in 2005, for instance, while Nokia's flagship N95 - which launched a few months before the iPhone - included 3G, GPS, wi-fi, a five megapixel camera, multimedia... [02 Sep 2009]
Photos: The world's biggest mobile shindig
Photo Sony Ericsson was among the mobile makers to announce an iPhone rival at the show - previewing a touchscreen smartphone based on the Symbian OS and sporting a 12.1 megapixel camera, Walkman and video playing features. [23 Feb 2009]
Death of the business mobile?
News Sony Ericsson also previewed an iPhone rival device codenamed Idou - with a full touchscreen interface, its Walkman MP3 playing software and a 12.1MP camera. The business phone is dead - that's the message coming out of... [17 Feb 2009]
Apple strips the DRM out of iTunes
News A lot of recent digital music products do support the AAC file format however, including Sony's newer Walkman players and Microsoft's Zune and its next version of Windows Media Player. Apple and the three largest music... [07 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.10.08
Round-Up It's not the first time the comparison with the Walkman has been made (last time round it was a Dell exec of course). In our always-on internet-connected, multi-device existence, sitting as we do at the heart of a... [10 Oct 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media
News The devices that will now support iPlayer include much of the Sony Walkman range, the Archos 605 WIFI and Internet Media Tablet, Philips GoGear 52xx series and the Samsung YP-P2 and YP-Q1. BBC iPlayer will now work on... [10 Oct 2008]
Photos: From reel-to-reel to Blu-ray
Photo Compiling a mix tape remained one of the most popular past times during the era, especially with the popularisation of the Sony Walkman - an example of which is also pictured - which meant, for the first time, you could... [17 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Scan my books
Comment The earliest surprises were the discarded technologies of a few years ago such as VHS player, Walkman, 500MB pocket drives (with spinning discs), floppy disk readers (remember them? Written in a partially renovated house... [02 Jul 2007]
Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News The Thatcher years saw the biggest boom in cassette buying as portable tape players, led by Sony's Walkman, allowed music fans to listen to music on the go. Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like analogue... [08 May 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.01.07
Round-Up Cue the assorted brains behind Sony Ericsson's marketing spend deciding it might be a good wheeze to hire a Boeing 757 and Jamiroquai to stage a 'secret gig' at 35,000 feet to promote its range of Walkman phones. [19 Jan 2007]
Julie Meyer: Microsoft v Sony: A fight to the death?
Comment Where Sony does make an impact in the portable music space is in selling mobile phones under the Walkman brand - a massive help to Sony Ericsson. Sony Walkman portable MP3 players don't sell anything... [14 Nov 2006]
Minority Report: Will the iPhone save the iPod?
Comment It's clear why Apple would consider such a move - it recognises the challenge today's MP3-enabled mobiles, such as Sony Ericsson's Walkman phone, represent for the iPod. While some worry the iPod will go the way of the... [10 Nov 2006]
Motorola to topple Nokia next year?
News The research also predicts future rude health for Sony Ericsson, driven by its Cyber-shot and Walkman handset brands. Nokia's days as the world's number one mobile phone vendor could be numbered, according to analysts. [24 Jul 2006]
Sony surrenders to Apple music format
News Sony's new management system will allow iPod users to swap some of their music to a Sony Walkman but only songs they ripped from CDs. Sony is moving to make its music management software compatible with Apple's audio... [11 May 2006]
