Amaya Toman Masiku ano, ngati tikufuna kumvera nyimbo popita, ambiri aife timangofikira pa foni yamakono. Koma masiku ano kubwerera m'mbuyo, tiyang'ana pa nthawi yomwe onyamula nyimbo zakuthupi, kuphatikiza makaseti, adalamulirabe dziko lapansi - tidzakumbukira tsiku lomwe Sony idakhazikitsa Walkman TPS-L2 yake.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Pa Julayi 1, 1979, kampani yaku Japan ya Sony idayamba kugulitsa Sony Walkman TPS-L2 kudziko lakwawo, lomwe anthu ambiri amalionabe kukhala wosewera woyamba kunyamula m'mbiri. Sony Walkman TPS-L2 inali chosewerera makaseti chachitsulo, chomalizidwa mubuluu ndi siliva. Idayamba kugulitsidwa ku United States mu June 1980, ndipo mtundu waku Britain wamtunduwu unali ndi madoko awiri ammutu kuti anthu awiri azitha kumvetsera nyimbo nthawi imodzi. Omwe amapanga TPS-L2 Walkman ndi Akio Morita, Masaru Ibuka ndi Kozo Oshone, yemwenso amatchedwa "Walkman".
Kampani ya Sony idafuna kulimbikitsa malonda ake atsopano makamaka pakati pa achinyamata, kotero idaganiza zotsatsa zosagwirizana. Analemba ganyu achinyamata omwe amapita m'misewu ndikupatsa anthu odutsa zaka zawo kuti amvetsere nyimbo kuchokera kwa Walkman uyu. Zolinga zotsatsa, kampani ya Sony idabwerekanso basi yapadera, yomwe idakhala ndi zisudzo. Basi iyi idayenda mozungulira mzinda wa Tokyo pomwe atolankhani oyitanidwa akumvetsera tepi yotsatsira ndipo adatha kujambula zithunzi za ochita sewero omwe akuwonetsa ndi Walkman. Pambuyo pake, Walkman wa Sony adapezadi kutchuka kwambiri pakati pa ogwiritsa ntchito - osati pakati pa achinyamata okha - ndipo patatha mwezi umodzi atagulitsidwa, Sony adanenanso kuti idagulitsidwa.
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Zithunzi
M'zaka zotsatira, Sony adayambitsa mitundu ina ya Walkman yake, yomwe imayenda bwino. Mwachitsanzo, mu 1981, WM-2 yaying'ono idawona kuwala kwatsiku, mu 1983, ndi kutulutsidwa kwa chitsanzo cha WM-20, panali kuchepa kwina kwakukulu. M'kupita kwa nthawi, Walkman idakhala chida chosavuta kunyamula chomwe chimakwanira bwino m'thumba, chikwama, ngakhale m'matumba akulu. Pafupifupi zaka khumi pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Walkman wake woyamba, Sony idadzitamandira kale gawo la msika la 50% ku United States ndi gawo la msika la 46% ku Japan.
