Transistor Radio Turns 50

theodp writes "Before the iPod, there was the Regency TR-1. Fifty years ago Monday, tiny Indianapolis-based I.D.E.A. partnered with TI and shook the world with the first pocket-sized AM radio, so impressing IBM chief Tom Watson that he provided a $49.95 (roughly $345 in current dollars!), four transistor TR-1 to each of his senior managers to kick-start the company's transition from valves."

Comments

But does it play Ogg Vorbis?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm so sick of these players ignoring a huge chunk of the market. I can't believe this has been going on for so long!