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.

8 Smartphone Apps for Drivers

Consumer Reports picked useful apps for motorists in its August issue including 8 apps listed below: Car Finder....

Hundreds Report Car Radio Problems with new IPhone OS

We’re not saying our story was completely wrong Monday about iPhone 4 compatibility with car radios, but it...

Samsung Galaxy S from Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Etc.

Verizon Wireless announced it will offer a version of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone to be called the Samsung...

Apple Sells 1.7M iPhone 4’s

Apple said it sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4's through Saturday, June 26, (over a three-day period),...

BMW will Read Back Email Messages

BMW will offer the first factory sound system we know of that will "read back" your email as...

Navi on Phones up 44%

Here’s the latest stats to show just how fast GPS navigation is moving over to phones. comScore says...

Are Car Radios Ready for iPhone 4?

UPDATED! If you were one of the Apple fans last week who snagged an iPhone 4, will your...

Plastic Logic Cancels Pre-orders

It's been a cruel spring for eReaders. First iRex goes bankrupt, then the bottom drops in pricing, and...

Apple Offers Advice on iPhone 4 Glitch

Apple CEO Steve Jobs responded to problems with dropped calls on the new iPhone 4 in a reply...

iPad Officially Impacts eReaders: iSuppli

iSuppli has officially answered the question we all wondered about since the iPad was only a rumor late...

YouTube Hits Record in May

YouTube enjoyed a record number of videos watched on its site last month, said comScore. The video sharing...

Scosche Fine Tunes iPad Kit

The unique iPad kit Scosche showed retailers in April has been fine-tuned and will be unveiled in January...

Car Kit for New Droid X

Motorola and Verizon are paying attention to the car as they prepare to launch the new Droid X...

Long Lines for iPhone 4

The lines are already outrageous for the iPhone 4, despite the limited number of phones available at some...

Borders Reacts to Lower eReader Prices

In apparent reaction to the price moves from Barnes & Noble and then Amazon Monday on 3G eReaders,...

iPhone Goes to Verizon in Early 2011: Barclays

Barclays Capital said the long-circulating rumors that Apple is preparing for an iPhone launch through Verizon will likely...

Cook Replaces Vogel at MERA

Barry Vogel has resigned as a leader of MERA, (the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association) and will be replaced...

3M iPads in 80 days

Apple announced today it sold 3 million iPads in 80 days as of Monday. The app count for...

Clarion Teams with Nokia

Clarion is joining Alpine and others who are developing radios that will work with Nokia phones. And they...

Transshipping: Your comments

We were amazed by the depth and breadth of the comments posted on the Sonic Electronix and Al...