The History Of Car Radio

[mhardy6647]

I saw that Earl "Madman" Muntz and the four-track cartridge made this thread.
Did y'all mention that Bill Lear, besides the Jet, also did the 8-track cartridge player?

 

[pseudoid]

That is the history of our grandfathers' Motorola.
Although I now qualify as a grandfather, the more current history of Motorola is a sad one, which we all lived thru to the end.

Nokia (circa 1998), ON Semi, and the rest of the blunders will be in the closing chapter of that book.

 

[Sal1950]

That is the history of our grandfathers' Motorola.
Although I now qualify as a grandfather, the more current history of Motorola is a sad one, which we all lived thru to the end.
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Nokia (circa 1998), ON Semi, and the rest of the blunders will be in the closing chapter of that book.

Yep, it seems every time an iconic US company gets sold off to foreign owners they'll eventually manage to muck it all up.

Did y'all mention that Bill Lear, besides the Jet, also did the 8-track cartridge player?

Yes sir, it's up there somewhere. LOL

Take a look at their bios. Neither seems dumb to me.

Me either

Something to consider: this was when electronics was still a novelty. Degrees didn't mean a lot.

They oft still don't, and many times were taught the wrong things.

 

[Timcognito]

Don't forget Blaupunkt - They think they are the first car radio worldwide. I remember their 70's car radios were quite good at getting FM.

Success Story - Blaupunkt

The Blaupunkt Success Story It all started with the blue dot 1924 A company named “Ideal” was first founded in Berlin when radio was still in its infancy. Every unit was carefully tested by technicians and labeled with a seal for quality – the blue dot. It did not take long before customers

blaupunkt.com

 

[pseudoid]

MotoG phones were cool.

Even without adding the nationalistic view to Motorola, the story of... errrrr... Bell errr...AT&T history is quite the opposite.
AT&T's business model has always been the most territorial and the most sinister. Yet, it still prospers to this day!
I have my own 'hit list' of companies/products that I try to minimize all my connections to/with.
Alphabet/Google has taken the first spot over AT&T, in the last decade.

 

[Prana Ferox]

So, is it just me, or is the takeaway from this story that even really dumb people can succeed?

The takeaway, as demonstrated in the first few lines of Sal's article:

It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that, it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car.​

... is that there is no greater motivation for the advancement of science, technology and the general human condition, than guys trying to score

 

[Sal1950]

... is that there is no greater motivation for the advancement of science, technology and the general human condition, than guys trying to score

That's a fact Jack !!!

 

[NoxMorbis]

The takeaway, as demonstrated in the first few lines of Sal's article:

... is that there is no greater motivation for the advancement of science, technology and the general human condition, than guys trying to score

Oh, shit! My bad, of course!

 

[NoxMorbis]

Who are you - J. Robert Oppenheimer? ;-)

Take a look at their bios. Neither seems dumb to me.

irony:
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.