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Cadillac Admits to Problems With CUE Infotainment
It seems like the car makers are having a bit of trouble making their infotainment systems actually usable....
SiriusXM Releases MySXM Personalized Music Beta
SiriusXM is now showing its Personalized Music service in beta on SiriusXM.com. Called MySXM (and sometimes MyControl), it...
SiriusXM in Cars Should Double
SiriusXM said there are currently about 50 million cars on the road equipped with SiriusXM, up from 40...
Update on Harman’s Aftermarket Retail Plans
We heard from Harman’s CEO last week, touting a new retrofit program to update older factory radios at...
Watch Best Buy’s Super Bowl Ad
Best Buy's Super Bowl ad Sunday was significant, not only because it starred Amy Poehler, the former...
Kinetik Brand Purchased by Universal Power Group
The Kinetik brand of high end power cells for car audio has been purchased by Universal Power Group...
Blaupunkt Updates Car Radios
Blaupunkt has updated two of its car radios with a new version of its New York DVD/navigation receiver...
Harman Announces “Aftermarket” Factory Radio Upgrades
Harman said it will offer upgrade radio services for its 15 million OEM radios currently in cars on...
Aamp to Launch Major Car Audio TV Campaign
In the car electronics aftermarket, where big TV ad campaigns are sparse, Aamp is bucking the trend and...
Honda Adds Siri Eyes Free to Several Car Models
In a surprise announcement from Apple last June, 9 car makers were said to offer Siri Eyes Free...
New BlackBerry Phones Include Some Knock-Out Features
Some industry watchers believe the new BlackBerry devices introduced Wednesday just might help Research in Motion, now officially...
Cook Challenges Car Makers to Work With Aftermarket
At the Connect2Car seminar at CES, Chris Cook, President of the Mobile Electronics Retailers Assn. (MERA) called on...
It’s Do or Die for BlackBerry Today
Two new BlackBerry smartphones using the long awaited, all new BlackBerry 10 platform will be introduced Wednesday by...
Apple’s New Top iPad Due February 5
As rumored, Apple announced a new flagship 4th generation iPad tablet, with 128GB of storage, double that of...
Boss, Sound Storm Intro New Navigation Decks
Boss Audio introduced its first single DIN car DVD/receiver with built-in navigation. The model BV9969NV includes Bluetooth, iPod/iPhone...
A First For In-Car DSP from AudioControl
AudioControl introduced at CES this month, one of the first in-car digital signal processors to work with an...
NAV-TV Unlocks Camera for Ford Raptor
NAV-TV announced a new kit for the Ford F150 Raptor pickup truck that allows the driver to view...
What Does Ford Think of the Aftermarket?
David McNamara was Infotainment Manager at Ford until 2006. He was also a panelist at CES for the seminar...
First Mercedes Radio Replacement Module Debuts for MOST
NAV-TV is offering the world's first radio replacement module to work with many Mercedes-Benz vehicles on the M.O.S.T...
Metra Launches Auto-Detect Car Radio Kits
Metra launched at CES a new Auto-Detect car radio replacement system under its Axxess brand. Auto-Detect uses a...