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.

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...

Total Apps From RIM, Apple, M’soft

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Last year we downloaded about 2.4 billion apps from various app stores to smartphones and by 2013 app...

Nintendo: Profits Stumble; Pins Hopes on 3DS

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By Amy Gilroy Hit by competition from Sony, Microsoft and Apple, Nintendo saw its annual profits fall for...

Consumer Electronics Spending Continues to Gain

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Electronics gained for the eighth consecutive month in April, compared to last year with consumer electronics up almost...

High Inventory Hurts Garmin’s First Quarter

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By Amy Gilroy Garmin suffered from high inventories in portable navigation devices (PNDs), reporting lower sales and earnings...

Microsoft KIN “Cloud Phones” Launch May 6

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By Amy Gilroy Microsoft announced a May 6 debut for its KIN “Cloud phones” through Verizon Wireless online...

Intel Offers Atom Processor for Smartphones, Tablets

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Intel has begun producing a new Atom processor for smartphones and tablet PCs allowing faster web page loading...

Google eBookstore to Launch June/July

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Google will launch an eBookstore possibly in June or July creating an eBookstore platform that may be adopted...

Kicker Enters Best Buy This Month

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By Amy Gilroy Kicker confirmed one of the worst kept 12-volt secrets—that its line of 12-volt products will...

TomTom Adds Darth Vader Voice

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TomTom's newest voice for its GPS devices is that of Darth Vader. For a $12.95 download users can...

Sirius XM: Strong Sales, Profits; New Service Expected

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By Amy Gilroy Sirius XM subscribers inched to almost to 19 million, as the company reported a sold...

PlayStation Warranties Could Irk Retailers

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By Amy Gilroy Sony’s announcement Monday that it will offer extended warranties on its PlayStation gaming machines could...