Amaya Toman Namuhla, uma sifuna ukulalela umculo usohambeni, iningi lethu livele lifinyelele kuma-smartphone ethu. Kodwa ekubuyeleni kwanamuhla esikhathini esedlule, sizogxila esikhathini lapho abathwali bomculo womzimba, okuhlanganisa namakhasethi, besabusa umhlaba - sizokhumbula usuku lapho u-Sony ethula i-Walkman TPS-L2 yayo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
NgoJulayi 1, 1979, inkampani yaseJapan i-Sony yaqala ukuthengisa i-Sony Walkman TPS-L2 yayo ezweni lakubo, okusabhekwa abaningi njengesidlali somculo esiphathwayo sokuqala emlandweni. I-Sony Walkman TPS-L2 bekuyisidlali sekhasethi esiphathwayo sensimbi, esiqedwe ngombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nosiliva. Yaqala ukudayiswa e-United States ngo-June 1980, futhi inguqulo yaseBrithani yalolu hlobo yayinezimbobo ezimbili zama-headphone ukuze abantu ababili bakwazi ukulalela umculo ngesikhathi esisodwa. Abadali be-TPS-L2 Walkman ngu-Akio Morita, Masaru Ibuka kanye no-Kozo Oshone, ophinde atuswe ngegama elithi "Walkman".
Inkampani yakwaSony ibifuna ukukhangisa umkhiqizo wayo omusha ikakhulukazi entsheni, ngakho yanquma ukumaketha okungajwayelekile. Uqashe abantu abasha abaphumela emigwaqweni banikeze abantu abadlula ngendlela yabo ukuthi balalele umculo wale Walkman. Ngezinhloso zokuphromotha, inkampani yakwa-Sony iphinde yaqasha ibhasi elikhethekile, elalihlala abalingisi. Leli bhasi lahamba lazungeza i-Tokyo ngenkathi izintatheli ezimenyiwe zilalele ikhasethi yokukhangisa futhi zakwazi ukuthatha izithombe zabalingisi abashiwoyo beme ne-Walkman. Ekugcineni, i-Walkman yakwa-Sony yazuza ukuduma okuningi phakathi kwabasebenzisi - hhayi nje kwabancane - futhi ngemva kwenyanga iqalile ukudayiswa, u-Sony wabika ukuthi isiphelile.
Zivele kanje izidlali zomculo eziphathwayo:
Igalari yezithombe
Eminyakeni eyalandela, u-Sony wethula inqwaba yezinye izinhlobo ze-Walkman yayo, ehlala ithuthuka. Ngo-1981, isibonelo, i-compact WM-2 yabona ukukhanya kosuku, ngo-1983, lapho kukhululwa imodeli ye-WM-20, kwaba nokunye ukunciphisa okuphawulekayo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Walkman yaba isisetshenziswa esiphathekayo ngempela esilingana kahle esikhwameni, esikhwameni, noma emaphaketheni amakhulu. Cishe iminyaka eyishumi ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-Walkman yayo yokuqala, u-Sony usevele waziqhayisa ngesabelo semakethe esingu-50% e-United States kanye nesabelo semakethe esingu-46% e-Japan.
