According to the company, this decision is due to the fact that "not all people connect Walkman with music".

the Sony decided to abandon the popular Walkman brand, reports Xperia blog.



Japanese Corporation decided to rename his music app for smartphones Walkman in "Music". Thus a legendary brand famous in the same line of music players will finally cease to exist. According to company representatives, this decision is due to the fact that "not all people connect Walkman with music".

the Name of the application to change after you update the player to version 9.0.0.A.2.0 beta.

the First audio device Walkman appeared in 1970 in Japan, then cassette players this brand produced for 40 years. In April 2010 he was made the last batch of Walkman cassette players, and this name became to meet only in name branded music app Sony installed on all smartphones, the Xperia line.

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