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I remember getting my Nokia N95 nearly twenty years ago, and it was fucking awesome being able to reveal the four media control buttons, and blindly control music in my headphones from my pocket while walking to work or on the bus or train.
As other commenters have said - I look at my old Ixus camera or LG Soul MP3 player or Nokia 3330 with fond nostalgia memories... but thank fuck I'm not lugging all that about now.
Just the other day I was noticing how you don’t see vhs or cassette tape ribbon just littering the ground anymore. It’s better this way
now you don't even see the lithium batteries leaching into the water supply!
i hear this a lot but it’s not like those things do not exist anymore? they are even still being produced.
Not missing discmen, though. Those sucked.
But yeah, seriously. Walkmen were extremely primitive and all kinds of inconvenient compared to later digital devices, but that also meant that they didn't contain ads, spyware or feeds full of propaganda. And they were fairly rugged (in stark contrast to the various mp3 players I had, which didn't even have touchscreens), didn't have glued-in batteries in proprietary formats (again in contrast to mp3 players), and definitely didn't just become unable to perform their functions because of software stuff.
Not missing discmen, though. Those sucked.
30 seconds anti-skip worked great until one moved for more than 30 seconds at a time-me-me-me-me-me-me-ERR
I still maintain the 4th gen iPod Nano was slick as fuck.
Can I get it all in one device without requiring an internet connection for functionality?
iPod Touch was the peak of technology for this
Nonono, smart phones and car manufacturers have proven that people love poking at tactileless glass for everything! Who needs to feel something and have physical feedback, or have a physical experience? You're playing music, not playing music!
Personally I don't think the feature consolidation was the problem. It IS still nice to have my music library, a camera, and a fairly capable computer all able to fit in my pocket...
The problem is we consolidated around specific device makers, letting them get too big and too comfortable - we've gone from being customers to being money chattle.
What if you have half? A smartphone and a Walkman!
Walkman was crap: very little music, poor quality sound and the batteries are empty after two hours.
Nobody misses fucking walkman.
Idk I have a fiio music player and it's nice to have a dedicated device that can function as a mini power amp when needed (I acknowledge that this is slightly different from a walkman)
