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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.

OnStar May Allow Drive-By Facebook Updates

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General Motors’ OnStar is not going to sit back and let the Ford Sync get all the car-gadget...

Best Buy to Carry Amazon Kindle

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Move over Target, now Best Buy has the Kindle too. Best Buy will carry both 6-inch Kindle 3G...

iPad Socks Notebook Market

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The iPad is causing injury to a lot of consumer electronics segments. It’s crushed the high end of...

Kno Super Tablet Gets Financing

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Kno, which is developing a dual-screen eReader/tablet that made a splash at the AllThingD conference in June, is...

Back Up Camera Sales to Climb Over 40%

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Back up cameras, are growing at a steady pace with aftermarket sales estimated to reach 182,000 units this...

Garmin Recall Extends to Suzuki Vehicles

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Garmin’s recall troubles are extending beyond the 1.2 million nuvi portable GPS devices recalled late in August. Now...

New Pioneer Car Deck Hits $70 MAP

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Pioneer Electronics is shipping a new low cost CD receiver—the DEH-1300MP—with a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) of only...

Verizon Begins Sales of Samsung Fascinate

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The Samsung Fascinate smartphone with the dazzling Super AMOLED screen and fast processor will go on sale at...

New Budget Garmin PNDs

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Garmin introduced 2 new budget priced portable GPS devices, joining the high end Internet-connected nuLink1695, also just announced....

Sony/TomTom In-Dash Navi?

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Sony and TomTom may bring Sony Xplod in-dash navigation systems to the U.S., after announcing 4 joint models...

New Concept Overhead Monitors

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Concept Enterprises will ship in early September a new promotional line of in-car monitors using LED backlighting, which...

Garmin Launches Second 3G-PND

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Garmin is pushing deeper into connected portable GPS devices with its second model to use 3G over AT&T....

Samsung Galaxy Tablet Due Soon After Sept.

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Samsung's iPad rival got a formal unveiling at the IFA trade show in Germany Thursday and it will...

New iPods, TV from Apple

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As rumored, Apple overhauled its iPod lineup and launched a revised Apple TV which could finally make Apple...

Kobo Outperforms at Borders

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Borders, which is stepping up efforts to market eReaders, said sales of the Kobo eReader as well as...

Archos Shows 5 Tablets for Fall

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Showing just how fired up Archos is about the tablet market, the company announced 5 new Android tablets...

KnowledgeFest Adds JL Audio, Aamp

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JL Audio and Aamp of America have been added to the list of suppliers exhibiting at KnowledgeFest 2010...

Rydeen to Sell gPad Tablet PC

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Rydeen Mobile Electronics will launch in November a tablet PC running Android that may be used in the...

Staples Gets the Kindle

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Amazon is slowly offering its Kindle eReader through other leading retailers—the latest of which is office supply chain...

Cadillac Prepares Crash-Proof Car

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Cadillac says it’s working on a crash-proof car. The company may include Doppler radar in its cars to...