cassette Walkman abolished

This is one of those news items that first surprised me (“They were still making those?”) and then saddened me (“I had a great time with mine in the early 1980’s”). But Sony has DROPPED THE CASSETTE WALKMAN.

Actually, come to think of it, I bought one as late as my first year in Cairo, to listen to Arabic lessons.

The technology of the cassette Walkman is obviously feeble now compared with what’s available. But it was exciting technology 25-30 years ago. I remember people getting excited about each small advance: the anti-jolt technology, or whatever it was called, so that you could jog while listening to music. And if I’m remembering correctly, at one point they added a second headphone jack so that you could listen along with a friend.