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.

Samsung Unveils Wave Smartphone

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Samsung showed off its first smartphone—the Wave-- to use its new Bada OS that is designed to boost...

Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 Series

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Microsoft made a convincing bid to reinvent itself in the smartphone space as it unveiled the Windows Phone...

WiFi Bus Calms the Savage Teen

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Autonet Mobile gets a plug on the New York Times coverage of a school bus with WiFi in...

IREX eReader at Best Buy

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Remember the IREX wireless 3G eReader shown last September (before the Nook, iPad, and Blio turned the eReader...

PND Sales to Hit Wall at 48M by 2015

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Another research firm says portable GPS sales are going to flatten over the next five years. ABI Research...

Car Toys Adjusts Course

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It’s rare that Dan Brettler, chairman/CEO of Seattle-based Car Toys, gives an interview, but it turns out, he’s...

IBM Supports the Apple iPad

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It seems IBM likes the iPad and wants to turn it into a business tool through IBM apps....

Garmin Finally Shows Android Nuvifone

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Garmin is expanding its GPS/smartphone line, announcing features on its first Android-based nuvifone promised a year ago. The...

MyerEmco To Close All Stores

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MyerEmco AudioVideo, the family-owned consumer electronics chain of 55 years, will close its doors within the next 60...

Volvo Gets Audyssey Sound Assist

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Ever wondered who is providing the sound processing in your car? Well if you plan to drive a...

Google Tests High Speed Broadband

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Yikes. Today Google told us it is testing the broadband business in a limited trial to up to...

Audiovox Buys INViSiON

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Hoping to expand its OEM car video sales, Audiovox Corporation purchased INViSiON Industries, it announced today. Audiovox acquired...

Navigon GPS App Links to Twitter, Facebook

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UPDATED!! Navigon’s newest version of its GPS app for the iPhone now adds a direct connection to Facebook...

TomTom Valentine PND

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Even before TomTom ships its new low-cost GPS device called the Ease, the company is offering a limited...

Smartphones Gained 40% in Q4

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Few will be shocked to learn that smartphone shipments worldwide surged almost 40 percent in the fourth quarter...

Tele Atlas CEO May Be Replaced

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http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Tele-Atlas-CEO-gone_a2021.html Source: GPS Business News

Samsung Wants to Triple Smartphone Sales in 2010

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020403720.html Source: Reuters via Washington Post

Adorama Holds iPhone Photo Contest

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Adorama, a landmark New York camera store, has been deluged with entries to its iPhone photography contest, it...

Does Microsoft Stiffle Innovation?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04brass.html

Over 3 Million Kindles to Sell in 2010

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If you are wondering how many Amazon Kindle eReaders will sell this year, the answer is 3.1 million,...