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.

Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Has Voice Text Too: Review

We neglected to mention earlier that Windows Phones such as those from HTC and Samsung now have a...

Autonet Mobile Expands Into Car Tracking and More

Autonet Mobile, the maker of in-car WiFi hotspots, is expanding into a full in-car telematics platform for OEM...

CEA Predicts Higher Spending on CE this Holiday

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced  that spending on electronics gifts will reach an all-time this high holiday...

Bracketron Shows In-Car Tablet Mounts at SEMA

Bracketron will debut at the SEMA show next week, 3 new universal tablet mounting solutions including new cup...

Android Headrest Debuts from TMI

TMI, maker of  VizuaLogic and the new SmartLogic brand, is introducing new headrests with embedded Android “tablets” at...

iSimple Launches Android Car Kit

Here's a new way to connect your Android phone to the car radio to playback music on your...

Will Android Join In-Car Voice Revolution?

Updated! Google introduced Tuesday night the next version of Android called Ice Cream Sandwich, which will first appear...

New SmartStart Displays from Directed

Directed Electronics announced a new retailer wall display with a built-in TV playing SmartStart videos. The merchandising display,...

Best Buy Performs One Million Installs a Year

A Best Buy spokeswoman confirmed the largest consumer electronics retailer conducts 1 million car stereo installs a year. ...

Sony Marine Radio Works w/ SiriusXM SXV100

Sony will deliver in January, the first marine audio receiver to work with the SiriusXM SXV100 tuner that...

Car Stereo Case Goes to Florida Highest Court

The question of whether it is safe to blast your car radio in Florida has gone unanswered for...

SiriusXM Releases Edge Dock and Play Radio

SiriusXM announced a new Edge Dock and Play Radio that works with a vehicle kit to provide access...

Rosen Headrest Monitor Has iPhone Dock

Rosen Entertainment will reveal at the SEMA show next month, the first aftermarket headrest monitor to our knowledge...

Sirius XM 2.0 Lynx Portable on Best Buy.com

A new Satellite Radio 2.0 portable called the Lynx was listed on Best Buy’s web site as “Coming...

Rockford Intro’s Top Line Marine Deck

Rockford Fosgate will introduce next week, a new top of the line marine head unit—it’s first with several...

Pioneer AVIC Radio works with Siri on iPhone 4S!

A lucky West Coast car electronics retailer, whose customer happened to have acquired an iPhone 4s in advance...

Audiovox: Update on Sprint, Sat. 2.0 by Nov.

Updated. Audiovox announced it will offer the industry’s first Sirius XM 2.0 products during its fiscal Q4 which...

Audiovox and Sprint to Announce New Product

Audiovox announced it will team up with Sprint to offer a new product for the car’s OBD port....

Kicker Ships Hybrid Amp

Kicker is shipping its second hybrid Class D car audio amplifier to include a sub section for powering...

JBL Makes Portable MS-2 Official

After dropping hints in January, Harman offically announced the portable MS-2 car accessory is now available at a...