Today pocket transistor radios manufactured in the 1950s are very collectable. Some models are highly sought after by collectors and regularly sell for hundreds of dollars. It is not uncommon to find ...

When one thinks of the most significant dates in our technological development, October 18, 1954 doesn't pop up there at the top of the list. It should; 60 years ago the first portable transistor ...

Sony was to become one of the world’s biggest corporations, and was one of the very first to emerge from postwar Japan, devastated by two atomic bombs and the relentless firebombing that came just ...

It wasn’t big, it could cost about $500 in today’s terms, and it was utterly revolutionary. Today it might not seem like much, but this little gadget changed radio — and arguably youth culture itself ...

The popularity of the pocket-sized transistor radio set adds to everybody’s capacity both for enjoyment and for creating nuisances. It will put a big strain on the British tradition of good manners ...

The invention of the transistor revolutionized radio, allowing receivers to be made far more compact and portable than ever before. In the middle of the 20th century, the devices exploded in ...

Individual words are basic communication tools that when put together in the proper order can express thoughts and ideas. When you put certain words together, they can be magical. Back in the 1960s, ...

OCTOBER 18, 1954: Transistor radios hit the shelves on this day in 1954 – and went on to sell billions and become the most popular electronic communication device in history. Texas Instruments’ ...

If you are a certain age, you might remember the pocket transistor radio. You could take it anywhere. Under the covers at night, to school, to church. Limited only by your capacity for risk, you could ...

This faux-pod ad actually features the first commercial pocket transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, and it was indeed $50 back in 1954. The iPod part, though, was added by Rob, of RKNY Design. If Apple ...