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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.

Mobile DTV $149 Hotspot Due in May

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While a number of products offering Mobile DTV—the free over-the-air TV service for portables and car TVs—were shown...

Sony Cupholder Speaker Sighted

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Sony is planning to release, in Japan, anyway, some cool-looking MP3 player docks and speakers including this “cupholder”...

Best Buy Gets the Nook

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Best Buy made the rumors official and announced it will start carrying the Barnes & Noble nook eReader...

DICE Gets Aggressive, Hires Witt

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DICE Electronics is not one of the companies seeing its profits dwindle. The maker of iPod-connection products for...

Alpine’s New Strategy

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After a rough year on the OEM side and some layoffs of high profile management, Alpine Electronics is...

iPhone OS 4 Adds Multitasking

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Apple sold 450,000 iPads in six days and saw 600,000 iBook downloads! And a total of 3.5 million...

iPad Works with Sync

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By Amy Gilroy Sorry for the second iPad video but we couldn't resist this one either. For Ford...

iPad Costs $259 to Build

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Apple’s iPad costs $259.60 to build, at least for the WiFi version, says iSuppli. Most of that cost,...

Target Gets Kindle, Best Buy Nook?

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Take your eReader merchandising strategy and start revamping. The brick and mortar landscape for eReaders just got a...

Car Dock for Nexus One

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Maybe Google’s Nexus One smart phone isn’t setting sales records but it has very cool built-in, free, turn-by-turn...

HP Slate Details Leaked

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First a video, and now more specs on the Hewlett-Packard slate tablet PC, are circulating the web, this...

Best Buy to Enter Expeditor Market

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By Amy Gilroy Updated! It appears Best Buy has its eye on selling car radios and electronics not...

iPad Car Charger from Kensington

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Kensington announced three accessories for the Apple iPad including a $24.99 car charger called the PowerBolt Micro Car...

Apple Sells 300K iPads

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After all the speculation, Apple announced it sold over 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on its first day...

iPad Sales May Pass 7M; Apps More Costly

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iSuppli is now weighing in on predictions for sales of the iPad, which begins delivery Saturday, and could...

Car Sales Could Hit 14M in 2011

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And now some good news in car electronics: car sales are on their way to returning to the...

Cellphones Push into Home Theater

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As Best Buy escalates its role in selling cellular phones (of the 75 to 100 stores Best Buy...

eBay to Top $1.5B Over Portable Devices

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eBay has been a force to be reckoned with, and now we know just how a big a...

TomTom Adds $30 Traffic, Maps

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TomTom is making traffic or map updates an affordable $30 feature on some models and getting rid of...

Sears, Kmart Get eReaders

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By Amy Gilroy Sears, Kmart and Kohl’s will begin carrying eReaders in their brick and mortar stores this...