Two Smartphones to Watch
Among the smartphones to watch are the Samsung Galaxy S II which is already selling like hotcakes overseas....
Scosche Ships Car Audio Harness Line
Scosche is shipping its first line of car radio harnesses to include butt connectors so they are easier...
Pioneer Car Electronics Returns to Profit
Pioneer Corporation said its aftermarket car audio sales rose in North America during its fiscal year ended March...
Pioneer Intro’s Super Reality AVIC in Japan
Pioneer’s AVIC in-car navigation system stole the show with its augmented reality feature at a recent launch of...
MERA Gives Away Software to Members
The Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) will give its members access to the MAID—Mobile Application Information Database), as...
Rockford to Defend its New OEM Integration Patent
Rockford Fosgate was awarded a patent for a feature in its OEM integration 3Sixty car audio sound processor...
OnStar’s Retail Mirror Gets Media Attention
It’s not like car stereo companies have the ad budgets of the Frito-Lay Company, so when you’ve got...
First Hyundai Sonata Backup Camera Kit: NAV-TV
NAV-TV says its new Sonata-Cam provides the only way to add a backup camera to a Hyundai Sonata...
Kenwood Appoints New U.S. Chief
Kenwood USA Corp. appointed Ryo Mizuhara as the new president of its US office. He’s a 29-year company...
Kicker Ships Solo-Baric L3s
Kicker (Stillwater Designs) began shipping last month its latest square subwoofers—the Solo-Baric L3 series. The square design gives...
How Loud is Loud?
Well since you ask, here’s some perspective to just how loud a competition-winning 170-180 db sound system is....
Car OE Look-A-Like Radios Could Take 10% Share
OE replacement radios that have a factory look and that install in a specific car model are gaining...
Audiovox Makes Price Hike Official
Audiovox confirmed it will officially raise prices on June 1 on all car audio with the exception of...
AudioControl to Ship LCQ-1 at $299
All you AudioControl fans can soon get the LCQ-1--the company's latest signal processor that lets you add an...
Update for Car AV Retailers on Car Tech Week
Here’s some more details on Car Tech Week and how your store can cash in on a rare...
Rockford Launches Helix Plug and Play Car System
Rockford Corp. began shipping Monday, the Helix Plug-and-Play--a sound processor with optional subwoofer that you add to a...
Slimmer BlackBerries; First with New OS
Two new BlackBerry models with a slimmed down design and faster processors were unveiled by Research in Motion...
Car Sales Jump 18% in April
Vehicle sales had another great month, surging 18 percent on demand for smaller cars such as the Chevy...
Pandora to Serve up Comedy
As of Wednesday, Pandora will let you create personalized comedy stations by genre or comedian, in a move...
Directed Takes Stake in Telematics Co.
Directed Electronics has officially purchased a stake in an insurance telematics company called Octo Telematics North America, which...