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Old 19th Jun 2017, 10:09 am   #230
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Default Re: Museum of failure.

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Originally Posted by russell_w_b View Post
I seem to remember that when the Sony Walkman was invented, there was a contemporaneous invention called the 'BonePhone' which you wore like a scarf and it transmitted the sound to your ears via bone-conduction. It was meant to compete with the Walkman as a personal music device, but I think it sunk without trace.
On the subject of the Walkman, the 'Talk Line' on the original model was a pretty useless feature. Maybe Sony expected people to glue the headphones to their ears?

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