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.

New Microsoft “Pink” Phones Due

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Move over stodgy WinMo mobile phones. Microsoft will introduce April 12 new cellphones “with social-networking capabilities aimed at...

iPad Sees WiFi Glitches

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Some iPad owners are finding problems with their WiFi connections reports The New York Times. In particular, users...

Nintendo and Google Team Up

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We used to try to teach our children the value of money at a young age. Now we’re...

Plastic Logic NOT for Sale

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Plastic Logic is not up for sale despite a recent report stating the opposite by the UK’s Financial...

First iPad Car Install?

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Now this is what we’re talking about. This car AV retailer isn’t crying about a changing market. Santa...

HP Slate Details Leaked

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First a video, and now more specs on the Hewlett-Packard slate tablet PC, are circulating the web, this...

MESA Closes Vendor Selection

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The Mobile Electronics Specialists of America (MESA)— the buying group expected to represent a $1/2 billion in car...

Best Buy to Enter Expeditor Market

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By Amy Gilroy Updated! It appears Best Buy has its eye on selling car radios and electronics not...

iPad Sells for $5,500 on eBay

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How much is an Apple iPad worth on eBay? A top price is $5,500 paid by a purchaser...

iPad Car Charger from Kensington

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Kensington announced three accessories for the Apple iPad including a $24.99 car charger called the PowerBolt Micro Car...

Apple Sells 300K iPads

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After all the speculation, Apple announced it sold over 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on its first day...

iPad Sales May Pass 7M; Apps More Costly

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iSuppli is now weighing in on predictions for sales of the iPad, which begins delivery Saturday, and could...

CEoutlook Partners With Rukpromotions

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Effective April 1, CEoutlook, the new trade web-magazine and e-newsletter for the consumer electronics industry, hires Rukpromotions as...

Car Sales Could Hit 14M in 2011

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And now some good news in car electronics: car sales are on their way to returning to the...

Cellphones Push into Home Theater

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As Best Buy escalates its role in selling cellular phones (of the 75 to 100 stores Best Buy...

eBay to Top $1.5B Over Portable Devices

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eBay has been a force to be reckoned with, and now we know just how a big a...

iPhone for Verizon Due?

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Rumors that Verizon will begin carrying the iPhone are nothing new. But the latest report by the Wall...

iPad to Nip at the Kindle

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For all those wondering if a $500 iPad will steal share from eReaders (often below $300), this latest...

TomTom Adds $30 Traffic, Maps

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TomTom is making traffic or map updates an affordable $30 feature on some models and getting rid of...

Sears, Kmart Get eReaders

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By Amy Gilroy Sears, Kmart and Kohl’s will begin carrying eReaders in their brick and mortar stores this...