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.

Best Buy SuperBowl Ad Celebrates Technology

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Best Buy's SuperBowl commercial Sunday showed some of the smartphone technology wizards of the past decade along with...

This Car Has 17-Inch Touchscreen

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This summer, Tesla Motors plans to deliver its Model S electric sedan with a 17-inch touch screen and...

Watch Pioneer’s Poet Project

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Pioneer launched a series of videos called the "Pioneer Poet Project,” featuring Steve Connell, a motivational presenter and...

Boss Audio: Latest iPhone Car Radio

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Boss Audio is pushing the technology envelope this year, offering its first iPhone car radio and also its...

WiGig for Car Next Year

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Panasonic recently showed a new in-car system concept that uses a super-fast WiFi-like wireless standard called WiGig. The...

Samsung’s Latest Phone: Galaxy Note

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One of the more “notable” new smartphones shown at CES this month was the Samsung Galaxy Note, sporting...

Next iPhone Car Radio is from Next Base

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Next Base, which makes DVD players for the car that are often sold through Ford dealers, is launching...

Escort Ships Back Up Camera/Mirror

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Escort continues its expansion into new products beyond the radar detector with a smart mirror it calls SmartSite....

Fusion Brings WiFi to Marine Audio

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Fusion will offer in March the first marine audio radios that can be controlled by your phone so...

TV Displays for Car Audio MESA Retailers

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These days even Subway sandwich shops have big TVs in the store to send a message to consumers,...

Remote Start Report in a Balmy Winter

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We expected retailers to be crying in their soup about remote start sales since the weather has been...

Rydeen to Launch Android Test Market

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Rydeen said it will launch a test market in April of the Android car radio it unveiled at...

New “Dash” Car Stereo Debuts

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The Dash is a new double DIN head unit that is basically a shell for your phone.   It...

Apple Reports Astounding iPhone Sales

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Updated. Not long ago, it was a big deal if Apple sold 15 million iPhones over the holiday...

Time to Push Satellite Radio?

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Now that a simpler, cheaper 2.0 SiriusXM tuner is heading to market, which will work with almost 60...

Target Stores Act to Stop “Showrooming”

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For the specialist, and for any brick and mortar store, a concern is that consumers are using your...

BMW Plans Car Radio Control Seats

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The car radio controls of the future may not be located in the radio, but in the very...

Specialists, How to Advertise Part II

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Industry expert Bob Graham continues his advice on advertising on a shoe string budget for the retail specialist.  ...

Scosche Ships CellCONTROL

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Scosche is now shipping cellCONTROL, which  stops teen drivers from texting while driving. The $129 cellCONTROL dongle plugs...

Specialists, Here’s How to Advertise

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Industry expert Bob Graham Gives  Simple Advice in a 2-Part Series on how to advertise on a shoe...