Car News

Car Toys Takes on JBL MS-8

Car Toys confirmed it will start carrying the JBL (Harman) MS-8 new $800 sound system-in-a-box for the car,...

Garminphone Gets Price Reduction

We can't tell you how strong or weak sales are on the Garminfone, but the price just got...

Garmin Glitch Gets a Fix Says Consumer Reports

If your Garmin Nuvi portable navigation device (PND) is freezing up, Garmin has a fix for that. The...

Borders Offers Free eBooks

After opening up an eBookstore this week, Borders is giving away 5 free best-sellers for anyone who downloads...

Sirius XM May Switch over to XM

Sirius XM is preparing to switch over to XM satellites and run its service over XM rather than...

Expresso Launches Combo Golf-PND

Expresso Satellite Navigation is offering a $249 combo portable car- and golf-GPS device. It uses Navigon and iGolf...

Ford Improves Sync Texting Safety

Ford is taking steps to ban texting while driving (but improve incoming verbal texts). The company announced its...

Borders Launches eBookstore

Borders bookstore chain launched an eBookstore Wednesday, aiming to take a 17 percent share of the eBook market....

ICE, MESA Ponder Smartphone/Apple Retail Deals

Here’s the new age of car electronics expediting: work out a deal with a local independent cellphone store...

Sirius XM Ups 2010 Guidance Again

Sirius XM Radio added over a half million net new subscribers in Q2 and set a new record...

Amazon Kindle Gets Patent: Watch out Nook

Amazon has just been granted a U.S. patent for a dual screen eReader; and the patent appears to...

MERA Pegs 5K Car AV Shops

Ever wondered how many car electronics specialty retailers are dotted across the country. The answer is officially 4,717...

NAV-TV Update for iPhone 4

NAV-TV said Friday, its Tooki Bluetooth and OPI iPod car kit models for the iPod/iPhone can now work...

Kenwood Launches Ad Campaign for HD Radio

Kenwood USA is launching a radio advertising campaign to promote awareness of HD Radio in one of its...

Droid X Gets Thumbs Up

The Droid X may be a solid competitor to the iPhone based on early reviews. The New York...

New Rydeen Back up Sensor

Rydeen is shipping its rear view back-up system called the N series. It automatically starts beeping when the...

Kindle DX Gets Lower Price

Amazon is aggressively tweaking its posture in the post-iPad world, while ratcheting up the competition for other eReader...

Microsoft Nixes KIN; Apple Sued over iPhone 4 Antenna

It's been a rough week for mobile phone makers. Microsoft has pulled its KIN phones from the market...

Toshiba to Launch eBookstore

Toshiba will soon launch its own bookstore using Blio software (first demo’d at the Consumer Electronics Show) offering...

First FLO TV Car Kit from NAV-TV

NAV-TV is offering the first FLO-TV car kit to let a factory dashboard screen work with a FLO...