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.

Apple Sells 2 Million iPads

Sales of the iPad have now topped 2 million units in less than 60 days, Apple announced. Most...

World’s Best Demo Car

Perfect for a SEMA or Consumer Electronics Show booth, James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 will be auctioned in...

Audi Gets WiFi on 2011 A8

Audi is set to become the first car company to offer WiFi as a factory option, it claims,...

B&N Launches iPad App, Kindle iPad App Goes International

With Apple selling more than 1.5 million eBooks in the first 28 of the iPad’s launch, it’s no...

Nokia Struggles in Smartphones

Nokia, the cellphone giant, is still struggling to win share in the smartphone arena in a post iPhone...

Sony Adds New CD-Less Decks

Sony is adding two new CD-less head units that forgo the CD player in favor of connecting an...

Amazon Ties with Walmart in Music

Amazon’s online music sales spiked enough to place it second behind Apple’s iTunes, where it is tied with...

Wave of iPad Car Kits Coming

New iPad kits are arriving from three suppliers, which leaves us wondering if an iPad-in-your-car rage is brewing....

ICE Launches Mystery Shopper Program

The In Car Experts (ICE) 12-volt buying group attracts 2,500 unique visitors a month who enter their zip...

Apple Surpasses Microsoft on Wall Street

Apple officially whizzed past Microsoft yesterday, becoming the number one technology company in market value. Microsoft still makes...

Bernie’s May Not See Resurrection

Bernie’s, the bankrupt 15-store TV/appliance chain based in CT will not be resuming business with a single store...

Dell Streak Due End of Summer

The Dell Streak is officially due at the end of summer in the U.S., while Britain will get...

DICE Adds BMW Version of MediaBridge

DICE Electronics added BMW to the list of vehicles its MediaBridge iPod/iPhone/USB/Sirius/Bluetooth adapter will accommodate. MediaBridge lets users...

Shake up at Microsoft’s Entertainment Div.

Microsoft is changing the guard at the helm of its entertainment division which oversees such items as the...

Magellan Adds Lifetime Traffic to Full Line

GPS maker Magellan is adding free lifetime traffic to its full 2010 line up plus a new GPS...

Mobile DTV Delayed Til Holidays

The in-store launch for Mobile DTV—free digital DTV to portables and car TVs—has been delayed until the pre-Christmas...

Pandigital Offers “Poor Man’s iPad”/eReader At $199

Pandigital is entering the eReader market with two color LCD eReaders that might be likened to a poor...

Car AV Sales Rise in April by 1%

UPDATE! The good folks at the NPD Group revised the total car audio numbers given us to uniformly...

FlipSYNC Key Fob is an iPhone Charging Cable

Scosche is shipping a flipSYNC key fob that doubles as a charging or sync cable for an iPod/iPhone...

Android 2.2 Due in Phones in June

Google took the wraps of its new Android 2.2 (Froyo--short for Frozen Yogurt) smartphone OS which will convert...