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.

Nook 1st with eBook Browsing

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As expected, the Barnes & Noble Nook eReader got a web browser and it became the first eReader...

Chevy Volt New Photos

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General Motors, in honor of Earth Day yesterday, posted some updated photos of the Chevy Volt—the electric car...

MESA Gets New Director

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MESA, (Mobile Electronics Specialists of America) appointed Ryan Gunter, formerly with Sirius XM, as the new executive director,...

1st Retail Radio of its Kind?

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By Amy Gilroy Rosen Entertainment says its new factory look-alike radios are the first to include an onscreen...

Barnes & Noble Nook TV Ads Start Today

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Barnes & Noble is putting some advertising muscle behind the Nook eReader, launching a TV ad spot, playing...

Kenwood Gets Tough on MAP

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Internet car electronics sales rose six percent from 2007 to 2009, while traditional specialist 12 volt business remained...

Target to Sell Kindle as of April 25

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By Amy Gilroy True to the rumors, the first brick and mortar retailer to carry Amazon’s Kindle eReader...

Worlds Thinnest iPhone Case + Charger

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The MiLi Power Skin is a slim case that also charges the battery of an iPhone 3G or...

Facebook Nears 500M Visits/Mo

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Facebook's popularity keeps climbing. The site gets almost 500 million unique visitors a month, says comScore. To get...

Garminfone at T-Mobile this Spring

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The “Garminfone” (aka new Android version of the nuvifone) is coming to T-Mobile this spring. It’s the first...

iPhones up 133%, Apple “Shocked” at iPad Sales Rate

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Apple is “shocked,” yes, shocked at the number of iPads it sold this month, the company said as...

Move over Best Buy, Vann’s Gets the iPad

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By Amy Gilroy Nearly every mainstream consumer electronics retailer is trying to find a way to sell the...

3G iPad Due April 30

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Apple stores will begin selling the 3G version of the iPad on Friday, April 30 at 5 pm....

Ford Sync Gets Voice Control for Apps

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Ford is cranking out those Sync announcements and now it’s revealed the Pandora/Stitcher/Twitter-Feed voice control it showed in...

HTC Incredible at Verizon April 29

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Verizon is getting ready to ship its second high-end Droid phone—the HTC Incredible with an uber large 3.7-inch...

Cool-er Due in “Major Retailers”

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Interead, maker of the Cool-er says it will announce in the next couple of weeks some “very major”...

$199 Nook Lite on Way?

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Barnes and Noble may be preparing to release new nook eReaders and it told Bloomberg it should offer...

Some Specialists up by Double Digits

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By Amy Gilroy Some 12-volt specialists expect stronger sales this year, as the economy rebounds. Last year, you’d...

Apple Slightly Delays 3G iPad Til May

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Apple has delayed slightly the launch of the 3G version of the iPad to May 7, from late...

Garmin Screens Get Multi-Touch

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By Amy Gilroy Garmin is launching a nuvi portable navigation series with 4.3-inch touch screens that let you...