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- The iconic portable tape player of the 1980s, the Sony Walkman, is ceasing production. The electronics giant said that it is stopping production due to a lack of sales, but as Hi-Fi World writer Tim Jarman told the BBC, the cassette player is increasing in collectability.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-11623509
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