Sentences with phrase «first transistor radios»

Britain's first transistor radio, the Pam 710, was sold by Pye in 1956.

This year's fair is rather special because it marks the 40th anniversary of the world's first transistor radio.

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Back when transistor radios were hip, Mariner 4 sent these first close - up views of Mars across 134 million miles using a puny 10 - watt radio transmitter.

The purchase of transistors and radios for use in the villages has increased rapidly, and thereby the government for the first time can effectively reach the remote villages with educational programs.

When RCA sneered at transistor radios, Sony captured the audio market by first putting out tinny pocket transistors for teenagers, then expanded its base with steady technological improvement.

For example, when Sony introduced its first transistor pocket radios, it sold them to teenagers who had nothing at all, rather than adults who already owned RCA's tabletop radios.

Her judgments resemble those offered by buggy whip makers — «Get a Horse» — when cars first arrived or RCA Victor's evaluation of early pocket transistor radios.

And the show begins the very year of Sony's first portable transistor radio, although that device was and is still a marvel.

At first I thought it a bit of an obnoxious idea, broadcasting music out into the silent wilderness, but when we're out there and we tune in on small transistor radios, it is pretty cool.

Sony has been around for quite some time, and if you don't remember: their first branded product in the US was the TR - 55 transistor radio.