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It will soon be sold no longer.The final batch was shipped to Japanese retailers in April, according to IT Media. Once these units are sold, new cassette Walkmans will no longer be available through the manufacturer.Sony retires the cassette Walkman after 30 years
One thing about the Walkman, you can drop it going 25mph on a bike and it'll still work. Can't say that much about the couple of MP3 players I've dropped.
Yeah, something like that!Good question - what would replace the MP3? The easy answer would be some format that was a fraction of the size and twice the quality. But it would still be a file stored somewhere.I would not be surprised if music ownership started to pass away to a large degree. Streaming music services (like Pandora or Last.fm) provide the sounds you want with variety added in to keep it interesting. As the number of places to go online increases, the need to have a storage of one's own music becomes less important.
So what will eventually replace the MP3?
I would imagine that the MP3 player is around for a while. You cant beat it for miniturization and short of some type of implant what could replace it? I would be willing to bet that not many people would be willing to receive electronic implants anyway. Just look at the uproar over the use of RFID chips in clothing labels.
