Best Buy Gets FLO TV
Audiovox said Tuesday morning that Best Buy will begin selling the FLO TV car tuner system this quarter...
Barnes & Noble Launches eTextbook Store/Studyware
Barnes & Noble is expanding the Nook brand beyond eReaders and is aggressively pursuing the eTextbook market. The...
Consumer Reports Cuts Down Apple
In a stunning rebuke of Apple, Consumer Reports announced it cannot recommend the iPhone 4 to shoppers because...
Car Toys Takes on JBL MS-8
Car Toys confirmed it will start carrying the JBL (Harman) MS-8 new $800 sound system-in-a-box for the car,...
Garminphone Gets Price Reduction
We can't tell you how strong or weak sales are on the Garminfone, but the price just got...
Discount Auto Sound Shuts Doors
Another sad reminder of tough times, Discount Auto Sound of Virginia Beach, VA closed its doors 3 weeks...
Garmin Glitch Gets a Fix Says Consumer Reports
If your Garmin Nuvi portable navigation device (PND) is freezing up, Garmin has a fix for that. The...
Colder’s Buys Flanner’s
Flanner’s has been acquired by Colder’s a 4-store home furnishings retailer in Milwaukee, Wi. The chain plans to...
Borders Offers Free eBooks
After opening up an eBookstore this week, Borders is giving away 5 free best-sellers for anyone who downloads...
Sears Launches GPS Configurator
It can be confusing, buying a portable GPS device, with so many on the market and so many...
Sirius XM May Switch over to XM
Sirius XM is preparing to switch over to XM satellites and run its service over XM rather than...
Expresso Launches Combo Golf-PND
Expresso Satellite Navigation is offering a $249 combo portable car- and golf-GPS device. It uses Navigon and iGolf...
Ford Improves Sync Texting Safety
Ford is taking steps to ban texting while driving (but improve incoming verbal texts). The company announced its...
Motorola Intro’s CHARM T-Mobile Phone
Motorola’s next smartphone—the CHARM—is a “social networking” Android 2.1 phone to be offered through T-Mobile this summer. The...
Rockford Adds ICE Programs
News brief: Rockford Corp. said it has added new programs for retail members of the ICE (In Car...
Borders Launches eBookstore
Borders bookstore chain launched an eBookstore Wednesday, aiming to take a 17 percent share of the eBook market....
ICE, MESA Ponder Smartphone/Apple Retail Deals
Here’s the new age of car electronics expediting: work out a deal with a local independent cellphone store...
Sirius XM Ups 2010 Guidance Again
Sirius XM Radio added over a half million net new subscribers in Q2 and set a new record...
Amazon Kindle Gets Patent: Watch out Nook
Amazon has just been granted a U.S. patent for a dual screen eReader; and the patent appears to...
MERA Pegs 5K Car AV Shops
Ever wondered how many car electronics specialty retailers are dotted across the country. The answer is officially 4,717...