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In 1950, Akio and Masaru began making a new kind of tape recorder for the government, laying the foundation for their first hit product - a portable version. However, the real game-changer came in 1952, when they secured the licensing to use transistors in their products, revolutionizing electronics.
Determined to make "Made in Japan" stand for quality, Akio and Masaru combined the Latin word for "sound" (sonus) with the slang term for a young man (sonny) to create the name "Sony." They began mass-producing their first transistor radio, the TR-55, and then the even smaller TR-63, which was dubbed the world's first pocket-sized transistor radio.
Conquering the TV and Music Industries
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