As technology advances, cassette players are being replaced with CD players and more popularly iPods and mp3s. However, they soon will be valuable antiques.
Portable cassette players, commonly referred to as a walkman, was introduced July 1st, 1979. Portable cassette players were most popular in the 1980's and 1990's.
No, new cars nowadays do not have cassette players. Most new cars have CD players and radio. It will be possible to customize your car and add an cassette player, but there are no new models so you have to usen an used one.
No, portable cassette players do not skip.
Manufacturers that still make cassette CD players are Sony, Emerson, Naxa Electronics, Supersonic, Teac and Jensen. You can also find products to convert from cassettes to digital formats.
No, no one really sells them anymore.
In the 70s or 80s they had the walk man which was basically a portable CD player with head phones. Then they had the MP3 and the zune which are still popular today. Then they had a thing where you could put music on your cell phone.
Some boomboxes are still made with cassette decks, but you might have to do a fair amount of looking to fond one. Most boomboxes now come with compact disc players, and even connections for MP3 players.
Portable cassette players are often used by businessmen and secretaries in particular. However they're coming to be replaced by Digital voice recorders which don't require tapes.
There are several car cassette players that offers a headphone jack. Sony and panasonic are two cassette players that offers a headphone jack
Cassette player adapters help users play music with MP3's through old cassette players. This method is popular for vehicles that have a lacking point in the music technology field.
Although the vast majority of car owners today use compact disc or I-pod technology for music in their cars, some people who own used cars from the 1980s and 1990s still use car cassette players.
As a general rule, most portable players produced by Sony will not be able to play cassettes. This applies to current models and it is still possible to buy an out of production model which still has one.