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Pandora Now Available on BMW

While almost every auto maker is promising Pandora control, the feature actually only became available on BMW cars...

New Study Says Consumers Want Better 12V Solutions

A recent study conducted for the radio industry found that consumers want better aftermarket products and it once...

Dual Delays 1st Specialty Line Til Summer

Dual Electronics said it has delayed the launch of its first specialist-aimed car radios until this summer. And...

CEA Car Stereo TV Campaign May 25

And now, some good news...The Consumer Electronics Association is sponsoring its first ever Car Tech Week, which will...

Audiovox Android Headrest Tablet Update

Say good bye to the DVD headrest as we know it?  Audiovox hopes to release an Android headrest/tablet...

Buick to Put Pandora in All Radios in ’13 MY

By Bill Damsky Buick announced its version of a Pandora car radio and it’s heading to every Buick...

Analysts on Gas Prices

We know you are watching gas prices with an eagle eye, especially as prices at the pump approach...

PlayBook Tablet Faces UpHill Battle

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet goes on sale today, April 19, in 20,000 storefronts including Best Buy, Staples and...

Some Retailers Stockpiling for Shortages

With shortages expected this summer, retailers appear split down the middle on those who are ordering more heavily...

For-Car USB Drives on Way

It’s great that many car radios now sport USB ports on the front panel, but they also invite...

Diamond Audio Parent Supplies West Coast Customs

Domestic Investment Group LLC (DIG), owner of  Diamond Audio, Cerwin Vega Mobile and other car audio brands, is...

Update: Best Buy and WCC

Best Buy will sell a wider assortment of West Coast Custom car audio products than we originally reported....

Best Buy to Carry West Coast Customs Car Audio

Best Buy has partnered with the West Coast Customs shop famous for its “Pimp My Ride” show. First,...

Marine Audio Forecast: Up over 5%

Marine audio sales are generally expected to be up about 5 to 7 percent at retail this year,...

Mobile DTV to Reach 2/3rds of US Homes in 12 Months

As Mobile DTV inches toward a broad  launch, its promoters announced that the digital TV service for portables...

Microsoft, Toyota Create Cloud Cars

Microsoft and Toyota will develop a cloud-based in-car entertainment system for Toyota vehicles that will handle navigation and...

Pandora: Aftermarket Yes; OEM, Not so Much

Pandora in the car may prove to be a bigger hit in the aftermarket than in new cars...

Car & Driver Says MyFord Touch “Stinks”

By Bill Damsky The MyFord Touch got beat up again in the media, this time by Car and...

TomTom’s SuperSlim PNDs Ship

TomTom is now shipping the super slim VIA portable navigation devices it previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show...

Another Suit Against Sirius XM

Earlier this month, Howard Stern sued Sirius XM, and now a U.S. district judge ruled that that the...