A História Ilustrada do Walkman da SONY - série Sports - ep.19 - 1997: WM-FS499

 

1997 WM-FS499: The Feature-Complete Sports Walkman

The WM-FS499 shows the Sports Walkman fully settled into its late-90s role. Water resistance, long battery life, auto-reverse, Dolby B, digital tuning, and an LCD clock and stopwatch covered every expectation. Mega Bass gave way to Groove branding, aligning with the era’s lifestyle-sound push. It was also the first Sports Walkman to start incorporating silver accents, a small shift that tracked where late-90s consumer electronics were headed.