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.

Kindle App for Android Due Summer

Amazon is adding Android to its roster of phones that support the Kindle eReader app. This summer smartphones...

Samsung Delays eReader

Samsung will not be releasing its E6 $299 WiFi eReader this spring as planned and may be looking...

OnStar Teams with Google; New Smartphone/Radios from Harman

As we said before, the car companies are getting VERY serious about smartphone apps. True to an earlier...

Best Buy Launches On-Demand Movies

Best Buy is launching a new on-demand movie service that gives customers access to movies the day they...

Mobile DTV Gets 12V Launch from NAV-TV

Free TV in the car with a crisp, clear image, even at 85 mph, is inching closer to...

Target’s New CE Depts Stress Games

Target is emphasizing video games in a new electronics department layout that will be in half of its...

Sirius XM Ups Forecasts; Audiovox Reports Strong Q4

Sirius XM seems to getting some of its groove back, at least on the new car side and...

12V Spot Shortages Until Summer

Shortages in car stereo products, the result of some better-than-expected sales this year, may not be resolved until...

Pioneer, Sony Expect to Swing to Profit; Narrow Losses in Fiscal Q4

Pioneer Corp.'s restructuring may be paying off as the company said it expects to post its first net...

QUE Preorders to be Filled in June

Plastic Logic is blaming the delayed release of its high end plastic QUE eReader on a shift in...

First 4G Phone Due on June 4

Sprint announced yesterday the first U.S. 4G phone--the HTC EVO 4G--will be available starting June 4 at $199...

Walmart Gets Aggressive in 3G/4G

Walmart is breaking new ground in discount cellular service for phones, netbook and notebook PCs and will begin...

Garmin Ships 295W Mini Tablet/PND

Garmin is about to ship its first WiFi nuvi portable GPS device. Similar to a mini tablet, the...

Google Tablet in Verizon’s Future

Verizon Wireless says it is collaborating with Google on a tablet that would rival the iPad. Verizon’s chief...

Sharp Readies 1st 3D Camera for Phones

Sharp Corp. will start producing the first 3D camera for use with mobile phones by the end of...

LG’s First Android Phone Due May 20

LG today announced its first Android smartphone—called the Ally—a mid-range slider3G EVDO phone offered by Verizon, whose 3.2-inch...

Dating Site Just for Apple Fans

A dating site will launch in June called Cupidtino.com only for Appleophiles. In beta now, it asks you...

Xbox May Replace Your Cable Box?

Video game consoles could replace the cable box in the future. iSuppli points out that PlayStation, Wii, and...

CES Audit Shows Visitors Up From 2009 at 126K

In case you were wondering how many people attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, the answer...

GM Plots Answer to Sync

Aftermarket (retail) car radio makers be warned. General Motors may be plotting its answer to Ford’s Sync radios....