{"id":32842,"date":"2019-07-08T07:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T05:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:47:12","slug":"sony-walkman-celebrates-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sony Walkman celebrates 40 years reviewing its history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sony-walkman-celebrea-40-anos-01.jpg\" alt=\"Sony Walkman celebra 40 a\u00f1os\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Sony_Walkman_celebrates_40_years_of_innovation\"><\/span>The Sony Walkman celebrates 40 years of innovation.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/#The_Sony_Walkman_celebrates_40_years_of_innovation\" >The Sony Walkman celebrates 40 years of innovation.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/#Anuncio_Original_del_Sony_Walkman\" >Anuncio Original del Sony Walkman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/#40_years_of_Sony_Walkman\" >40 years of Sony Walkman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/#Related_Best_Sony_Commercials\" >Related: Best Sony Commercials<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/sony-walkman-celebrates-40\/#Related_Balls_Historic_Sony_Commercial\" >Related: Balls, Historic Sony Commercial<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Before <strong>Apple and Samsung,<\/strong> the technology was dominated by other companies. An era where hardware predominated over software, and companies fought to bring to the market the most innovative product possible. Thus, their competence made them evolve in order to reach the technological products we have now, where software dominates before hardware. Along the way have been overshadowed brands such as <strong>Panasonic, Sanyo, Phillips and Sony<\/strong> in favor of new players such as <strong>Apple, Samsung or Xiaomi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of these iconic and revolutionary products was the <strong>Sony Walkman.<\/strong> Its impact is only comparable to that of the iPhone in the smartphone sector. Now, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/the-sony-walkman-changed-the-way-we-listened-to-music-40-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walkman turns 40<\/a> with a nostalgic video of the popular Japanese gadget.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anuncio_Original_del_Sony_Walkman\"><\/span>Anuncio Original del Sony Walkman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_Hm3QtZoKw\" width=\"830\" height=\"470\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s already been 40 years since the company led by <strong>Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita<\/strong> created an iconic product: <strong>The Walkman.<\/strong> They were other times, and Sony a company for which<strong> Steve Jobs<\/strong> felt admiration and took as role models. Its minimalist aesthetics, sober design and corporate responsibility are elements that we can recognize in the current <strong>Apple.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born in 1979 under the slogan<em> &#8220;A new way to enjoy music in high quality anywhere at any time&#8221;; <\/em>Sony&#8217;s Walkman marked several generations who could go out on the street listening to their favorite music freely. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, <strong>Sony<\/strong> has delighted us with a video that reviews all the models released to date. From the original to the <strong>Discman<\/strong> and other more digital versions.<\/p>\n<p>Sony celebrates the event with an exhibition in Tokyo that, under the name &#8220;WALKMAN IN THE PARK 40 years since the day walked music&#8221; exposes 230 versions of the Walkman.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"40_years_of_Sony_Walkman\"><\/span>40 years of Sony Walkman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rAXGcXRosyM\" width=\"830\" height=\"470\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Best_Sony_Commercials\"><\/span>Related: Best Sony Commercials<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esloganmagazine.com\/best-sony-commercials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14699 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2019\/05\/best-sony-commercials.jpg\" alt=\"Best Sony Commercials of History\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-4tz9c6-e264be2bded262d710fef466e8008ae7-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_button  avia-builder-el-first '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4tz9c6-e264be2bded262d710fef466e8008ae7\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-4tz9c6-e264be2bded262d710fef466e8008ae7{\nbackground-color:#ffdb00;\nborder-color:#ffdb00;\ncolor:#000;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-4tz9c6-e264be2bded262d710fef466e8008ae7 .avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#000;\nstroke:#000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href=''  class='avia-button av-4tz9c6-e264be2bded262d710fef466e8008ae7 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-left'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"&lt;b&gt;See best Sony commercials&lt;\/b&gt;\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue875' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' ><b>See best Sony commercials<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Balls_Historic_Sony_Commercial\"><\/span>Related: Balls, Historic Sony Commercial<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esloganmagazine.com\/bouncing-balls-by-sony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14441 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2019\/04\/top-commercials-bouncing-balls-sony.jpg\" alt=\"Top Commercials of History: &quot;Bouncing Balls&quot; by Sony\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-4tz9c6-dd8efb61e5888f6f5c3ec8daacb33791-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_button  avia-builder-el-last '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4tz9c6-dd8efb61e5888f6f5c3ec8daacb33791\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-4tz9c6-dd8efb61e5888f6f5c3ec8daacb33791{\nbackground-color:#ffdb00;\nborder-color:#ffdb00;\ncolor:#000;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-4tz9c6-dd8efb61e5888f6f5c3ec8daacb33791 .avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#000;\nstroke:#000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href=''  class='avia-button av-4tz9c6-dd8efb61e5888f6f5c3ec8daacb33791 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-left'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"&lt;b&gt;See Balls, Sony commercial&lt;\/b&gt;\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue875' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' ><b>See Balls, Sony commercial<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sony Walkman celebrates 40 years of innovation. Before Apple and Samsung, the technology was dominated by other companies. An era where hardware predominated over software, and companies fought to bring to the market the most innovative product possible. Thus, their competence made them evolve in order to reach the technological products we have now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[74,318,883],"class_list":["post-32842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marketing","tag-marketing","tag-sony","tag-walkman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32844,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32842\/revisions\/32844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clickorimarketing.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}