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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.
Garmin Beats Expectations, Will Push Fitness
Garmin fared better than expected in its results for the fourth quarter ended December 26, 2009, with revenue...
Smartbooks to Hit 163M in 2015
As shown in Apple’s iPad, new devices that sandwich themselves between a smartphone and a netbook are on...
Traffic’s Getting Worse (Again)
Here’s a selling point for car electronics and GPS devices: the typical commuter with a 30-minute ride to...
New TomTom iPhone Dash Kit
Love your turn-by-turn navi, but hate having your windshield blocked? There’s a new stick-to-the-dash TomTom kit for the...
Alpine, Directed Join MESA
MESA, Mobile Electronics Specialists of America, the member-owned car electronics buying & marketing group, announced its key supplier...
First 4G WiMax Phone Due By June
Sprint will launch the first 4G WiMax mobile phone during the first half of this year, creating a...
TomTom: US PNDs to Fall in 2011
TomTom offered more insight into the challenging portable GPS market Thursday admitting that industry-wide U.S. sales could start...
Tablet Wars Heat Up
With Apple’s iPad starting to rollout next month, more information is leaking on competitive tablets from Hewlett-Packard and...
Kindle for BlackBerry
BlackBerry users can now read eBooks from Amazon.com on their smartphone, as the eBookseller launched today its "Kindle...
TomTom Ups GPS Share to 30%
TomTom reported it swung back to profitability in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, claiming it saw...
Audi Shows 3G Car
More proof that our cars will soon be wireless hotspots, came from Audi this week, which will deliver...
Free TbT Navi on Win Phone 7?
Since turn-by-turn navigation is rapidly becoming a free give away on smartphones from Google and Nokia, will Microsoft...
Rockford Moves into Portable Audio
In case you missed Rockford Fosgate’s 2010 product unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show, the company is venturing...
T-Mobile eReader/Phone Due in Spring
Reminding us that smartphones are eReaders too, T-Mobile unveiled a phone with a larger, 4.3-inch screen and a...
More GPS for Smartphones
Two more signs that navigation is becoming an every-day feature on leading smartphones were seen at Mobile World...
Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 Series
Microsoft made a convincing bid to reinvent itself in the smartphone space as it unveiled the Windows Phone...
IREX eReader at Best Buy
Remember the IREX wireless 3G eReader shown last September (before the Nook, iPad, and Blio turned the eReader...
PND Sales to Hit Wall at 48M by 2015
Another research firm says portable GPS sales are going to flatten over the next five years. ABI Research...
Car Toys Adjusts Course
It’s rare that Dan Brettler, chairman/CEO of Seattle-based Car Toys, gives an interview, but it turns out, he’s...
Garmin Finally Shows Android Nuvifone
Garmin is expanding its GPS/smartphone line, announcing features on its first Android-based nuvifone promised a year ago. The...