The Walkman Turns 30

The Walkman made music mobile. For the first time, you could take your favorite tunes – albeit in cassette form – anywhere. It is this freedom that Apple capitalized one with the first iPod in 2001.

The first Walkman, the TPS-L2, had all sorts of cool features like dual headphone ports (so you and your girl could slow dance together behind the school gym), independent volume control for the left and right audio channels and a talk-over feature (so  you could talk to your girl over the music), all tucked inside a sturdy blue and grey metal case.

Read all about the TPS-L2 and the subsequent Walkman devices over at Wikipedia.