Car News
AT&T Scraps Unlimited Data
Those roomy unlimited data plans may become a thing of the past. AT&T announced it is scrapping its...
May Car Sales Up By Double Digits; Ford Sheds Mercury
The auto industry saw a nice lift in May for all major U.S. car makers except Toyota and...
“Car Audio” Gets 3.5M Hits/Mo.on Google
The term “car audio” is searched for on Google 3.5 million times a month in the U.S. By...
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...
Borders Adds Libre; Gets Aggressive in eReaders
Borders is turning up the heat in eReaders and plans to carry 10 models by the end of...
Audi Gets WiFi on 2011 A8
Audi is set to become the first car company to offer WiFi as a factory option, it claims,...
B&N Launches iPad App, Kindle iPad App Goes International
With Apple selling more than 1.5 million eBooks in the first 28 of the iPad’s launch, it’s no...
Sony Adds New CD-Less Decks
Sony is adding two new CD-less head units that forgo the CD player in favor of connecting an...
Wave of iPad Car Kits Coming
New iPad kits are arriving from three suppliers, which leaves us wondering if an iPad-in-your-car rage is brewing....
Dell Streak Due End of Summer
The Dell Streak is officially due at the end of summer in the U.S., while Britain will get...
Shake up at Microsoft’s Entertainment Div.
Microsoft is changing the guard at the helm of its entertainment division which oversees such items as the...
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...
Car AV Sales Rise in April by 1%
UPDATE! The good folks at the NPD Group revised the total car audio numbers given us to uniformly...
FlipSYNC Key Fob is an iPhone Charging Cable
Scosche is shipping a flipSYNC key fob that doubles as a charging or sync cable for an iPod/iPhone...
Pandora Car Radio Sell Through: 1st Look
As best we can tell, Pandora radios, the head units from Alpine and Pioneer, that let users listen...
Pioneer Sneaks in a Second Pandora Radio
Pioneer announced at its Road Show this month (but forgot to tell the press) about the AVIC-Z120BT—its second...
Sony Google TVs Due in Fall
In the next bid to merge the Internet with TVs, Sony will deliver TVs this fall using Google...
iPhone, Android Phones May Get Tethering
Get ready to start saving on air card fees. The upcoming iPhone 4.0 OS expected to be released...
Mother’s Day eReader Sales: No Big Spike for Off-Brands
If you are not a Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader or iPad, Mother’s Day may not have seen the...
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...