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Updates from ICE, MESA Buying Groups
In Car Experts (ICE), now a $250+ car electronics buying group, is providing its members free websites worth...
Dual Adds its 1st iPhone-Ready Car Radios
Dual is shipping its first car radios with USB iPhone control (in addition to iPod control). The $159...
Mobile DTV Delayed Til Holidays
The in-store launch for Mobile DTV—free digital DTV to portables and car TVs—has been delayed until the pre-Christmas...
JVC Launches Viral Video with All-American Rejects
JVC Mobile Entertainment is launching its third “Turn Me On” viral video campaign, this time featuring the band...
12V Spot Shortages Until Summer
Shortages in car stereo products, the result of some better-than-expected sales this year, may not be resolved until...
High Inventory Hurts Garmin’s First Quarter
By Amy Gilroy Garmin suffered from high inventories in portable navigation devices (PNDs), reporting lower sales and earnings...
1st Retail Radio of its Kind?
By Amy Gilroy Rosen Entertainment says its new factory look-alike radios are the first to include an onscreen...
Kenwood Gets Tough on MAP
Internet car electronics sales rose six percent from 2007 to 2009, while traditional specialist 12 volt business remained...
Garmin Screens Get Multi-Touch
By Amy Gilroy Garmin is launching a nuvi portable navigation series with 4.3-inch touch screens that let you...
Ford Sync Gets Eco Friendly
Here’s yet another feature for the Ford Sync. Starting this summer, Sync systems will give you feedback on...
FLO TV gets Pay as You Go
Don't like those $15 a month fees for FLO TV? Now FLO TV-- the paid mobile video service...
Alpine’s New Strategy
After a rough year on the OEM side and some layoffs of high profile management, Alpine Electronics is...
Best Buy to Enter Expeditor Market
By Amy Gilroy Updated! It appears Best Buy has its eye on selling car radios and electronics not...
Pioneer Ships Car AV Sans Navi
Pioneer’s new AV head units keep the price down by making navigation optional. Shipping now, the in-dash AVH-P3200BT...
Kenwood Adds Lifetime Traffic
Kenwood USA has begun shipping its flagship DVD/navigation receiver, the DNX9960, that adds free traffic for the life...
TomTom Adds Traffic to iPhone App
TomTom will update its iPhone navigation app to include real-time traffic and Google Local search plus other features....
TomTom: US PNDs to Fall in 2011
TomTom offered more insight into the challenging portable GPS market Thursday admitting that industry-wide U.S. sales could start...
Free TbT Navi on Win Phone 7?
Since turn-by-turn navigation is rapidly becoming a free give away on smartphones from Google and Nokia, will Microsoft...
Car Stereo: 12V Board Approves Second Industry Awareness Promo
The 12-Volt Initiative, formed by a group of key car AV suppliers and retailers to raise awareness of car...
Rockford Exits Best Buy
Rockford Fosgate said today it will no longer ship to Best Buy as of May this year, confirming a rumor circulated...