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The Birth of the Sports Walkman

How Sony Created the World’s First OLED TV

How Sony Invented the 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk

It's Officially Happening

The New Book Is Finally Here

The Tablet Before Tablets

The First Cyber-Shot

The Evolution of Sony Video

The Discman Era

How Japan’s 1980s Boom Sparked Portable Video

Sony’s Giant Screen Dream

Sony’s Giant Cassette That Never Caught On

The Discman That Couldn’t Fit a CD

The 10th Anniversary MiniDisc

The First Digital Video Walkman

The Birth of the Walkman Phone

The Midnight Blue PlayStation

The Last Walkman Sold in America

VAIO UX: The Pocket-Sized PC

The Final Discman

The Walkman With a Camera

The Marketing Playbook Behind Sony’s First Console

Sony’s MDR-7506 and the Art of Survival

When Cameras Ran on Floppy Disks

The Audiophile Discman

The Walkman King

When the World Stopped for a Console

Sony’s Rolly: The Dancing Egg

The Time Sony Built a Mall

How One Component Nearly Sank the PS3

20 Years After the Sony Rootkit Scandal

MiniDisc Reloaded

How the Walkman Got an Audiophile Makeover

The Last MiniDisc Walkman

The Day Frank Sinatra Fell for a Tiny Sony TV

The Cassette Recorder That Went to the Moon

Inside The First PlayStation Demo

The Dawn of Portable Sound

The Rise of Video8

How Namco Helped Sony Launch the PlayStation Era

How Nintendo and Sony's Partnership Fell Apart

Behind the Scenes of Sony's Most Unforgettable TV Ad

When Jamiroquai Made MiniDisc Cool

PlayStation’s Accidental Strategy

The Story Behind the VAIO Brand

The Man Who Shaped the PlayStation

How Sony Tried to Bring the Internet to PS1

The VAIO X505: Sony’s Ultra-Light Vision of the Future

MYLO: Sony’s Lost Bet on a Wi-Fi Future

Inside the 2011 PlayStation Network Hack

David Lynch’s Sony Camcorder

How the PSP Marketing Went Off the Rails

The Creation of Sony CLIÉ

The PlayStation 2 Supercomputer

How Sony and Honda Turned a 40-Year Friendship into a Car

The Secret Sony iPhone Prototype

How Trinitron Nearly Broke Sony

The 1995 Sony Video Camera That Defined Skateboarding

The Rise and Fall of UMD Movies

Kojima and the Walkman

The Secret Origin of PlayStation

The Moment Jobs Let Go of Sony

When Sony Turned the PS2 Into a Linux PC

Sony’s Forgotten Bet on WebTV

Inside the Rushed Development of MiniDisc

The Man Who Engineered Sony

How Sony Pushed the Limits of The Walkman

The Quiet Reinvention of Sony

How Sony Gave a Machine a Soul

The Mascot That Couldn’t Save MiniDisc

When Sony Tried to Build Perfection

The Machine Sony Tried to Erase

How Sony Solved Music ID Before Smartphones

Sony’s $5 Billion Mistake

The Time Steve Jobs Tried to Redesign the PSP

Win an Obsolete Sony Tee and My New Book

When PlayStation Was Home

The Laptop That Gave Sony a Voice

Sony's Secret Masterpiece

Before VAIO: The Forgotten Machines

Why Sony Watched the Future Walk Away

When Steve Jobs Came Knocking

How Sony’s Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the PlayStation

How Sony Turned a Gray Box Into a Global Cultural Icon

How Sony Shaped Steve Jobs’ Vision

How Sony Launched 4K Before the World Was Ready

Hi-MD: Sony’s MiniDisc Last Stand

The Hidden Origin of the 1981 Walkman II

How MiniDisc Worked

How Software Sank the Walkman’s iPod Dreams

The Coolest Record Player Ever Made

How a Decade of CD-ROM Experiments Led Sony to the PlayStation

The Creation of the First Walkman

Sony’s Early LCD Struggles and the Rise of BRAVIA

How Sony Solved the Discman’s Biggest Problem

Walkman: The Next 10 Years

The Birth of Sony Computers

We need to talk

The History of Sony's Magic Link

Last Chance to Grab the Ultimate Sony Book

Sony DAT: A Complete History of the Format

The Rise and Fall of the Super Audio CD

The Creation of Trinitron

The Creation of "My First Sony"

How A Teenager Beat Sony to Revolutionize Virtual Reality

The End of an Era: Exploring the Final Sony MiniDisc Walkman Models

How Sony Shaped High-Definition Video in the 80s and 90s

How the PlayStation Phone Failed to Revolutionize Mobile Gaming

The PSX DVR: Sony’s Short-Lived PlayStation Hybrid

The Rise and Fall of the Sony MiniDisc: Why It Failed

The Creation of the Compact Disc

Sony’s Forgotten 100-Inch Flat TV From 1968

The Story of Sony's First Portable CD Player

The Journey to Save the Last Known 43-Inch Sony CRT

The Ultra-Rare Canada Day Red PlayStation 3

Support SONY: YEAR BY YEAR Before the Campaign Ends

Sony’s Watchman Evolution (1982-1997)

The Rise and Fall of the Sony PlayStation Vita

SONY: YEAR BY YEAR – A VISUAL JOURNEY" is Officially Live!

"SONY: YEAR BY YEAR – A VISUAL JOURNEY" Book Launching Soon on Kickstarter!

How Sony Transformed Consumer Video Recording (1985-2013)

Pro Audio Legacy: Sony's Professional Audio Innovations (1958-2006)

The End of an Era: Exploring the Final Cassette Walkmans

The Evolution of Sony's Mavica Cameras

From Glasstron to VR: The Sony Headgear Saga (1992-2013)

Visual Guide to Sony's Network Walkman (1999-2013)

The Early Years of Sony MiniDisc (1992-1996)

QUALIA: Sony’s Most Expensive Luxury Series (2003-2006)

The Evolution of Sony's Cyber-shot Cameras (1996-2011)

A Look Back at Sony Ericsson's Pioneering Phones of the 2000s

Sony Product Placements in Iconic Films

The Early Years of Sony VAIO (1995-2003)

Complete Visual Guide to Sony CLIÉ (2000-2004)

Sony Year by Year: 1996's Top Products and Innovations

50 years of Sony Tape Technology Evolution (1950-2000)

The Discman Evolution: How Sony Perfected Portable CD Listening (1984-1999)

Complete Visual Guide to Sony MiniDisc Blank Media (1992-2004)

The Headphone Revolution: Sony’s MDR Series Through the Years

The Evolution of Sony’s TV: Key Innovations and Iconic Models

10 Beautifully Designed 1980's Sony Computers That Never Quite Delivered