Of course, no list of influential gadgets would be complete without the Sony Walkman, first released in 1979. What was the original name of the Walkman here in the U.S.?

The Soundabout and the Walkman were the same device, though the Walkman name stuck. By 1999, just 20 years after the first model was released, Sony had sold 186 million cassette Walkmans worldwide. Eventually CDs killed off the cassette Walkman, and no more were made after 2010.

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