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.

QUE Preorders to be Filled in June

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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

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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

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

Garmin Ships 295W Mini Tablet/PND

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

Google Tablet in Verizon’s Future

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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

GM Plots Answer to Sync

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

Microsoft Project Natal Due Around October

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Microsoft said it will launch its Project Natal (gesture control device for the Xbox 360) in October: sort...

Android Steals #2 Slot from iPhone

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Android is hot, and it’s now powering a lot of smartphones. So, it comes as no surprise that...

Car Radios Featured in the NY Times

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Wondering how to explain Pandora via the radio to your customers? You might want to post a copy...

OnStar To Enter Retail Aftermarket with a Mirror-Mounted Device: Analyst

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Soon retailers will be able to sell OnStar. General Motors will make OnStar available to consumer electronics retailers...

TomTom Adds More PNDs with Lifetime Traffic/Map Updates

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TomTom is continuing to rollout new portable navigation devices (PNDs) with lifetime traffic and/or map updates. Each feature...

Kobo On Sale at Borders June 17

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Borders is making its eReader and eBookstore entry official. It began taking pre-orders for its Kobo eReader that...

Feds Wants DVR Event Records in All Cars

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New pending legislation that would require all cars to offer “black box” digital recorders for recording crash data...

Android Phones are Now Language Translators (Visually)

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Google now offers an app that converts Android phones to language translators, but instead of typing in a...

Remote Start Apps Due from Audiovox, CompuStar

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By Amy Gilroy More car electronics suppliers are jumping on the app bandwagon for remote starting your car...