BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Giving up my iPod for a Walkman
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A 13-year-old tries out a Walkman for a week.

via Cedric, hilarious! I remember my sister's first Walkman back in 1982 and mine in 1984.

"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."

It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.

Awesome review of an original Sony Walkman by a 13 year old kid.

A kid who's never used a Walkman takes one for a spin.

This one's all over teh internets today. I guess I'm not the only 30/40something parent having these conversations with their kids when they pull out the walkman / rotary phone / record player / original Game Boy / other outdated technology from the last 30 years.