Tiny, tinny TR-55s, TR-63s, and the 1962 TR-620 (pictured top left) were suddenly ubiquitous, and the shirt-pocket radio became a cultural icon.

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These included the original battery-powered pocket transistor radio, launched in 1955, and the first portable solid-state black-and-white television, in 1960.

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What seems more likely to me is that Harrigan must be in the pocket of the dying radio industry, and is trying to forward their agenda.

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That smart phone that you carry around in your pocket, which is in fact a compact radio, embodies the kind of connectivity the Army wants.

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