When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Giving up my iPod for a Walkman


I owned a few “other” brand Walkmen during the 90′s and it really is so easy to forget what life was like without MP3s. Now, the real portable music player award goes to my dad’s “portable” record player. That could play 16 to 78 RPM records through its in-built speaker. And it would fold up into a suitcase for portability!!