From TR-1 to iPod mini

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 26, 2005 @01:40AM from the the-more-things-change dept.

karvind writes "BBC is running an interesting scoop on first transistor radio which has fair resemblance to iPod mini. The Regency TR-1 transistor radio, made in 1954, had a decent claim to be a genuine piece of innovation, however. It was, by popular agreement, the world's first commercially sold transistor pocket radio. Incidently technology watcher John Ousby realised the modern day parallels and matched photos of the transistor with photos of the iPod mini. The similarity between the two has 'created quite a stir' particularly in the Mac community."

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Why yes indeed by eebra82 · 2005-09-26 01:53 · Score: 0, Redundant

Suddenly I feel that the inventor of the broom is gonna get an awful lawsuit upon himself, because someone obviously had to invent the stick.

This is problably the lamest article to date.

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Yet another case mod. by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · 2005-09-26 02:10 · Score: 1, Redundant

How long before someone guts an old TR-1 and fills it with the internals of an iPod?
Re:Not as many problems, though... by tmonkey · 2005-09-26 02:37 · Score: 1, Redundant

Watch out Apple might Se them for copying the design!