In 2003 Sony produced an external optical drive that burned CDs through USB from a PC. But the company wasn't willing to give up on its Walkman/Discman heritage just yet.

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Remote control photos: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-MPD-AP2...
Cradle photo 1: https://www.dearhoney.idv.tw/53/sony-...
Cradle photo 2: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-MPD-AP2...
Pricing image: Popular Science, January 2003, pp. 25

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