Occasionally, I'd pop a tape into my Talkboy Deluxe and give ... Here's the funny thing: I never actually owned a Walkman ...

There have been plenty of iconic gadget releases throughout the years, but none are quite as legendary as the Sony Walkman.

As soon as commercial recordings on cassette began to proliferate ... The progenitor of the digital music player, the tape-based Walkman was extremely popular during the 1980s.