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Car audio, 12-volt, EV and marine aftermarket news, reported for the people who run the business. Market shifts, brand moves, retail trends and what they mean for dealers, reps and manufacturers, from CEoutlook, covering the industry since 2012.
Car Tech Week Got 8M Views
The Consumer Electronics Association said the results are in for its Car Tech Week in May that included...
Best Buy Settles Discrimination Suit
Best Buy said it settled a discrimination class action suit filed on behalf of women and minority employees...
500,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks Sold
With analysts like IHS iSuppli predicting tablets will be become a big factor in rear seat entertainment, we...
Coastal Ships Chrysler Kits
Coastal Electronic Technologies is shipping a new kit to unlock the OEM dash screen for 2011 Chrysler radios...
JVC Moves Western Office Into Kenwood HQ
JVC is moving its western regional office, which houses JVC Mobile, into Kenwood’s headquarters in Long Beach, CA....
Ford Sync Delivers Fantasy B’Ball Scores
If you are one of the 7 million fantasy baseball fans in the U.S. and you happen to...
Next Tablet Winners: Asus, Amazon?
Amazon, which all but admits, it’s working on a tablet, is preparing a 10-inch color iPad rival that...
MB Quart Marine in Best Buy Test Market
MB Quart (Maxxsonics) said it is part of a Best Buy test market of marine audio products currently...
New In-Car Hot Spot/Server Shown
A new in-car “server” just plugs into the cigarette lighter to deliver all the computing power, Internet, and...
Car PC Noise Canceling Device
For all you car PC enthusiasts, here is a new noise canceling device. If you want hands free...
Garmin Announces Plans to Buy Navigon
As expected, Garmin announced it plans to buy Navigon, a German maker of portable navigation devices (PNDs) and...
iOS 5 Improves Streaming to Some Cars
Until now when you listened to music from your iPhone through a car radio via Bluetooth, it was...
12V YouTube Videos Get 4M Views
Here’s another A+ lesson in promoting from Soundman Car Audio in Santa Clarita, CA. SoundMan runs a homegrown...
Dual Ships Axxera
Dual is finally shipping its Axxera line of car stereo head units, which represents Dual’s first line just...
DEI Sale Gets Vote June 20, Growth Projected
DEI Holdings, parent of Directed Electronics and brands such as Viper, scheduled a special shareholders meeting on Monday,...
HP Ships TouchPad July 1
HP announced today that its WiFi, 9.7-inch TouchPad—its first tablet using the webOS (rather than Android or Apple’s...
Sixth Avenue to Remain at 7 Stores
N.J.-based retail chain Sixth Avenue Electronics, is now reduced to 7 stores from a high of 19 and...
Garmin in Talks to Buy Navigon: Reuters
Garmin is in talks to buy Navigon, which sells GPS apps for smartphones and as well as portable...
Cobra iRadar App Gets 70K Downloads
Cobra said its iRadar app has received 70,000 downloads by iPhone and iPod users since April and it's...
Steering Wheel Pad Controls the Radio
Now this is cool! How about turning your entire steering wheel into a glowing touch pad to control...