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.

Consumer Confidence Hits Low in July Says CEA

Consumer confidence in the economy reached its lowest level in July since 2007, said the Consumer Electronics Association...

Motorola “iPad” Rumored for Fall

Motorola is having so much fun gaining share in smartphones since it adopted the Android OS that it...

iPhone “Jailbreaks” Now Legal

It is now legal to “jailbreak” (unlock) a phone, including an iPhone, so you can download apps that...

Mercedes Benz Remote Starter from Compustar

Few if any leading brand names offer a remote start system for late model Mercedes Benz vehicles, but...

OnStar Releases Video of its Smartphone App

You can see the new OnStar app in action in the video below as OnStar shows us how...

CEA: Car Electronics Stuck in Reverse

We hope you are sitting down for this one. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) says sales of retail...

Apple Infiltrates Top 5 PC Vendors via iPad

Apple's iPad captured a 6 percent share of worldwide PC sales in Q2, in a feat which propelled...

Augen $89 eReader at Kmart

One of the many low priced eReaders we can expect to see for Christmas is already at Kmart...

New $35 Tablet PC Due in India

Tablet makers under pressure from Apple’s iPad may have more to worry about. India has developed a tablet...

Apple Delays White iPhone 4…Again

The elusive white version of the iPhone 4 will continue to be unavailable until the end of the...

MERA Opens KnowledgeFest Registration

MERA (the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association) said online registration is open for KnowledgeFest 2010 to be held in...

OnStar for Many Phones

General Motors is making OnStar compatible with many leading smartphones. Starting with the 2011 model year, GM will...

Struggling FLO TV is Put on Sales Block

FLO TV is struggling and its owner Qualcomm wants to sell the business, reports the AP. Qualcomm CEO...

B&N Android App; Shifts to Nook Brand

Barnes & Noble extended its eReader software to Android phones with a new app that now goes by...

Consumer Electronics 2010 Sales to Rise 3% Says CEA Revised Forecast

Times are getting better for consumer electronics. Sales this year will grow by 3 percent this year and...

iSimple Car Kits for Motorola, RIM, Other Phones

iSimple is offering a universal car adapter for smartphones from Motorola, Blackberry, Samsung, HTC, LG and other brands...

Car Amps/Subs Down, But Maybe Not So Much

Car amplifier and subwoofer sales are off by double digits according to NPD, but specialists are seeing slimmer...

Pandora Keeps Soaring

Pandora now enjoys 60 million registered listeners leading TechCrunch to declare the Internet radio service “sort of the...

HP Trademarks PalmPad

Some new evidence that HP is planning a Palm webOS-based tablet PC came last week when HP was...

TomTom: PND Sales Off in Q2

TomTom said portable navigation device (PND) sales slipped during calendar Q2 and TomTom’s PND revenue fell by double...