Amy Gilroy

Amy Gilroy

Amy has been reporting on the consumer electronics industry since cellphones and compact disc players were first introduced. She's worked for numerous industry publications and was a senior editor at This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) magazine for 15 years.

New iPad Car Radio is Video Legal

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This car radio has as a special 3-foot arm for an iPad that securely holds the iPad in...

New Viper Mantenna for Remote Start

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Viper, the remote starter and security brand, has invented a new wearable antenna that can double the range...

Kenwood Intro’s First Car DRiV-3D Radio

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Long Beach, CA  (April 1, 2012)  Kenwood USA Corporation introduces DRīV-3D for the car. This breakthrough in non-traditional...

Best Buy to Close 50 Stores

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Best Buy plans to close 50 stores in the U.S. this year to help trim costs by $800...

BlackBerry Shifts Focus to Business and Limited Consumer Markets

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Updated! After years of losing market share to slicker phones, the BlackBerry will now be sold mainly to...

Alpine Single DIN Decks Now Shipping

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Alpine Electronics of America noted that is its full lineup of four 2012 single DIN car audio decks...

Rockford Fosgate Partners with Sanctoind Car Care

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Rockford Fosgate said it has become the exclusive audio retail distributor for Sanctiond—a brand of premium car care...

Al & Ed’s Looks to Expand

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Al & Ed’s Autosound, a chain of 18 franchised car stereo shops (soon to be 19) based in...

Car Audio Deck App for iPhone

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Car Audio Deck is an app that puts a user interface on your iPhone that resembles a car...

OEM Audio Plus Aims at Scion

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OEM Audio Plus makes a line of amps and speakers that custom fit Scion vehicles. It’s currently marketed...

Google 7-Inch Tablet Expected at $199

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Some industry watchers believe Google will offer a 7-inch tablet in coming months, and a report now says...

OnStar Adds Car Tracking for $4/month

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OnStar Tuesday announced a limited rollout of a car tracking optional service for $3.99 a month (plus standard...

12 Volt Web Site Program Launched

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12 Volt  Distributors, Brea, CA is offering car audio retailers a quick and simple way to set up...

TomTom HD Traffic Reduces Drive Time up to 30%

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Intertraffic, Amsterdam, 27 March 2012 - According to independent research conducted by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), solutions...

Alpine’s Jim O’Neill Retires

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Alpine Electronics of America announced the retirement of industry veteran Jim O’Neill, Executive VP of OEM and aftermarket...

Alpine Ships 2012 Single DIN Decks

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Torrance, Calif. (Mar. 28, 2012) - Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. announced that all of its new 2012...

Clarion Appoints New President

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Clarion Corporation of America announced Monday the appointment of Paul Lachner to President, replacing Tom Hayashi who will...

First Metra Kit with Touchscreen

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Metra Electronics is shipping its first car radio replacement kit to include its own touch screen.  The kit...

AT&T Makes Car Nav Steering Wheel

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AT&T Labs has created a steering wheel prototype that vibrates to give you navigation cues so you can...

iPad is Now a $700 Siri Car Radio

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SoundMan Car Audio is raising the bar on its in-car iPad installs, using the newest iPad.  It abandoned...