Japan Tragedy May Impact Car Audio
Car audio supplies may see some disruption down the line due to the earthquake tragedy now racking Japan....
Put Your Old iPad in Back Seat
Cars.com is suggesting that owners of the original iPad consider this before placing it on eBay: it might...
WiFi Xoom and Galaxy Expected Soon
WiFi tablets are where the bulk of the market lies and where most retailers can jump in and...
iPad 2 Sells Out Quickly
The iPad 2 reportedly sold out after one day, to the shock of many industry members. About a...
12V Awareness Retail Campaign Set for 6/11
An industry group called True North is seeking to launch a unified awareness campaign to promote car audio...
Hawaii Anti-Car Alarm Bill Deferred
The Hawaii legislature missed a deadline to vote on the car alarm-killer bill HB 64 on Thursday night,...
Apple May Sell 600K iPad 2 at Launch
Apple’s iPad 2, which becomes available today, may see sales reach 600,000 units at launch, surpassing the original...
iPad 2: FaceTime in the Dash (WiFi Only)
Updated! The Apple iPad 2, which went on sale Friday, is now even more in-car friendly due to...
Amazon Tablet Could Challenge iPad
Forrester boldly asserts that the expected rash of new tablets won't really challenge the iPad. The BlackBerry PlayBook...
1.5 Ton Play-Doh Chevy Hits Street
Couldn't resist this one.....Here’s an example of great guerilla marketing. GM commissioned a 1.5 ton Play-Doh sculpture of...
In-Car Device Safety Investigated by Feds
In-car devices of many types are being investigated by the National Highway Transportation Secretary Administration (NHTSA) to see...
Microsoft Sells 10M Kinects
Microsoft’s Kinect (hands free gaming device) has become the fastest selling consumer device to date, racking up more...
Microsoft Pays Nokia $1B to use Windows in Phones
Microsoft’s deal with Nokia to place Windows Phone 7 on future Nokia smartphones didn’t come cheap. Microsoft is...
Hybrid Audio Enters Subwoofers
Hybrid Audio Technologies, a boutique maker of component car audio speakers, is entering the 12 volt subwoofer market....
Sprint in Talks to Merge with T-Mobile
Sprint is again in talks with T-Mobile USA parent Deutsche Telekom to explore ways to combine the number...
Kenwood, Advent Start ’11 Delivery
Kenwood is delivering 5 Excelon head units including its first Pandora car radio--the flagship KDC-X995 ($380 SRP). Advent...
First Car with On-Demand Music
It is refreshing to read that the next frontier for digital music is not a tablet or phone...
Audiovox May Expand Klipsch in Automotive
Audiovox said it will look for ways to expand Klipsch to its automotive distribution, but didn’t explain further....
iPad Price Squeezes Competitors
Apple may have sent competitors scrambling once again with the launch of the iPad 2. Taiwanese news outlet...
Update on Rockford’s Panasonic Radios
Here's a follow up on last week's story about Rockford Fosgate selling Panasonic branded radios. While the first...