{"id":23778,"date":"2026-09-27T19:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/?p=23778"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T18:07:08","slug":"duo-man-brings-the-walkman-back-to-the-iphone-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/duo-man-brings-the-walkman-back-to-the-iphone-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Duo-Man Brings the Walkman Back to the iPhone Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now this<\/strong> is the sort of iPhone Duo<\/a> app I want to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Duo-Man<\/a><\/strong>, a wonderfully nostalgic little music player from developer Vidit Bhargava that turns Apple\u2019s new foldable iPhone into a virtual Walkman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The clever bit is that it actually uses<\/em> the Duo\u2019s folding design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open the iPhone Duo<\/a> and you can pick up a cassette and \u201cinsert\u201d it into the player. Close the Duo and playback begins. Open it back up and you\u2019re back inside your little virtual Walkman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t stop at the visuals. Vidit says he actually recorded the button clicks and static noise from a real Walkman to make the whole thing feel authentic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s silly. It\u2019s nostalgic. And, frankly, it\u2019s exactly the kind of thing that makes a new form factor feel exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple has spent a lot of time talking about how iPhone Duo<\/a> enables developers to rethink their apps around the fold, rather than simply stretching an existing interface across a bigger screen. Duo-Man is a tiny example of that idea done right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best Duo apps might not necessarily be the ones that cram the most information onto that 7.6-inch display.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, they might just make you smile when you close your phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yes, I absolutely want to know what cassette I\u2019m putting in this thing \u2014 first<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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