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Original name of the Sony Walkman (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by lime@feddit.nu to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Growing up, portable cassette players were always called "freestyles" here. I never knew it was a marketing thing, or that some other countries also objected to the naming.

this is "original research", which means i dicked around on the internet archive for half an hour. it may be wrong.

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[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I have to admit a freestyler sounds better than a stowaway and a sound-about for sure. Might even beat Walkman if I never heard of either words and could make a decision unbiased. Do you also know anything about Australia's reason?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

i have no idea :/ a while back i read an interview with the guy at sony sweden who made the decision, but for australia there is literally no info. i sincerely doubt it was a coordinated effort, since it went on sale in like 1979.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 1 points 14 hours ago

Maybe they saw a vhs of Swedish freestylers and said we want that too.