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The Best Christmas Gadget I Ever Received

2:00PM December 29, 2011 | Mat Honan

When I was a kid, I’m not sure how old, I got a little red Panasonic RQ-44A cassette player for Christmas. I learned about design, music, and even audio engineering on it. I still kind of miss it. More »


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Cassettes Are Nice — But They Really Need More Bluetooth

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1:00PM September 12, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Cassette tapes might not have the audiophile cool of LPs. Or the durability of CDs. But for a long while, they were the medium of choice for plenty of folks, and damned near ubiquitous in cars. If you’ve got an older car, like me, you may appreciate this cassette player hack, which turns an ordinary line-in cassette adaptor into a Bluetooth-enabled one. More »


Entertainment

When Was The Last Time You Listened To A Cassette Tape While Driving?

4:20PM February 8, 2011 | Rosa Golijan

According to automotive experts, the last car to be factory-equipped with a cassette deck was a 2010 Lexus. As that final model—a Lexus SC 430—rolled off a production line somewhere, a bit of our childhoods faded away. Or did it really? More »


Sony Kills The Cassette Walkman On The iPod’s Birthday

6:57AM October 24, 2010 | Casey Chan

After 30 years, Sony has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling the venerable cassette Walkman. In a poetic twist, the official death of the Walkman also lands on the iPod’s 9th anniversary. More »


The Cassette iPod Speaker Requires Sunglasses, A Butler And A Sturdy Chair

7:17AM December 9, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Digital music is great and everything, but I have never had the sound blow me back in my chair while I’m wearing sunglasses and drinking wine. More »


Cassette Tape Lamps Illuminate As MP3s Never Will

7:00AM July 29, 2009 | Mark Wilson

It’s true, you’ll only capture the effect of this picture if you buy many cassette tape lamps. The purchase of just one (in a motif not dissimilar from the consumption of one Lay’s potato chip) will lead to inevitable disappointment. More »


Cheap Trick Releases Newest Album On 8-Track Cassette

12:00AM July 17, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

How’s this for lucky timing! In the midst of our Gizmodo ’79 theme week, legendary power-pop act Cheap Trick is releasing their latest album (coincidentally entitled The Latest) on a very late-’70s medium: 8-track cassette. More »


Take The Walkman 30th Birthday Quiz

10:40AM July 2, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

How much do you know about the most celebrated personal stereo of all time, one that is today turning the big Three Oh? A lot? OK, hell, let’s see what you got: More »


Great Sony Walkman TV And Print Ads Of The 1980s

11:00PM July 1, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

To commemorate the Sony Walkman’s 30th birthday, here are the trippy ads Sony used to promote it in the ’80s. Noble monkeys, off-key kids and sweet-toothed senseis—where’s that f’d up sense of humour now, Sony? More »