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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.

New iPhone May Offer 4G on Verizon

Apple will introduce a 4G LTE iPhone just after Christmas to be sold through Verizon Wireless, says MacDailyNews....

Holiday Kindle Sales in Millions

Millions of Kindle 3 eReaders have sold in the past 73 days, announced Amazon in a blog Monday....

Alpine Ships 2 Bluetooth Decks

Alpine Electronics is shipping a couple of its 2011 CD radios early this year, as are many suppliers....

eLocity7 Froyo Tablet Ships

The new up-featured eLocity7 tablet from Stream TV Networkds will be available this week from Sears.com, Newegg.com, Walmart.com,...

Convert Old Car Radio to MP3 Player

In case you want to hack into a classic car radio to make it MP3 player ready, The...

Satellite Radio 2.0 Called ‘Impressive’

The details on Satellite Radio 2.0 are still very much a mystery, but Wunderlich Securities said the service...

Fender Car Audio System Debuts in VW

Volkswagen has joined with Fender Musical Instruments to offer the “Fender Premium Audio System “ in some 2012...

FLO TV Starts Rebates

FLO TV is now taking applications for rebates on its in-car and portable devices, as promised when the...

Free iPhone Sale at Best Buy

Best Buy just posted a notice that it will offer a free iPhone 3GS with a 2-year contract...

Howard Stern to Stay at Sirius XM

The venerable Howard Stern signed a new 5-year contract with Sirius XM, he announced during his radio show...

Black Friday GPS Sales Fall 27%

GPS was one of the hardest hit categories in consumer electronics over Black Friday as unit sales dived...

Anti Sleep Car Gadget at CES

Here’s an unusual car device that will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show. For those who have trouble...

MESA Car Stereo Ads: Early Results

There may be bountiful life in car stereo yet, when you advertise it. Two of the larger advertisers...

Toshiba May Show 3 Tablets at CES

Toshiba will show at the Consumer Electronics Show three new tablet PCs for release in the first quarter...

Google Shows First Chrome Notebook

Google demonstrated Tuesday, the first laptop computers to use its Chrome web browser, in a challenge to Microsoft...

Coby Tablet Sells Out on HSN

Coby Electronics' new president Michael Troetti said Coby's Kyros MID7015 is selling as fast as the company can...

Amazon, Google Offer Easy Web eBook Access

eBooks are getting easier to access. Amazon confirmed it will expand its Kindle for the Web feature in...

Honeycomb Debuts on Motorola Tablet

Google took the wraps off Monday of its Honeycomb operating system—the first version of Android optimized for tablet...

Ford to Complete Rear Vision Camera Roll Out

Ford will complete its roll out of a rear view camera on nearly all Ford and Lincoln models...

Accele Ships Entry Priced Headrest Monitors

Accele is offering a new low cost Zicom headrest system with dual monitors, each with a built-in DVD...