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CNET Announces Factory Car Radio of the Year
The honor of OEM Car Radio of the Year 2011 went to the Fender audio system in the...
Sirius XM Lynx Now Available
True to its word, Sirius XM made the Android-based Lynx 2.0 portable receiver available by the end of...
Metra Intros Full Backup Camera Line
Metra Electronics is introducing its first full line of back up cameras and sensors. Shipping in February/March, the...
GROM Offers Car Cable for Samsung Phones
GROM Audio is offering a car interface cable specifically for the Samsung Galaxy S and S II smartphones....
Car Audio Entries in Last Gadget Standing
The Last Gadget Standing is a popular, rowdy contest for the best gadgets of the year held during...
Concept Expands Chameleon to Overhead Video
Concept is expanding its “chameleon” system that lets you choose the textile covers for your headrest/video monitor and...
Concept Announces New VP Sales & Marketing
Concept Enterprises announced the appointment of Neil Carande as its new Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Carande...
Car Audio Christmas Hit by Warm Weather
Christmas was strong for many leading car stereo specialists, although some suffered due to the warm weather that...
Best Buy Blunders, Fails to Ship Christmas Orders
Best Buy blundered late in the holiday season, notifying some customers that orders they placed weeks prior would...
Chris Parvin Joins Maxxsonics
Chris Parvin, a 17-year veteran of Rockford Corp. has joined Maxxsonics as Director of Marketing. With the appointment,...
Car Audio Retailers Can Sell Wireless with iVi
iVi Wireless/InVehicle Intelligence wants to help car stereo retailers sell cellular/wireless service so they may offer customers wireless...
Ford USB Car Add-on (for Europe)
Perhaps a taste of things to come in the U.S., Ford is offering an aftermarket (dealer option) for...
Happy Holidays from CEoutlook
We wish all our readers a very Happy Holiday and a successful, happy, healthy 2012!
Rockford Enters Pro Audio for the Car
Rockford is introducing its first Punch car audio tweeters and midrange speakers designed for the Pro Audio market...
Lynx By Crimestopper Adds 2 Powered Subs
Lynx Audio Systems, a division of Crimestopper, is expanding on the subwoofer series it launched last spring with...
New Car Audio Head Unit Start-Up: Alpha-Nav
A new car audio start up called Alpha-Nav based in Fremont, CA is launching two in-dash navigation radios...
OnStar Announcements Due at CES
OnStar said it will issue some announcements about its retail FMV mirror just prior to the Consumer Electronics...
MERA to Launch Awareness Campaign
MERA (Mobile Electronics Retailers Association) will launch an awareness campaign early next year to promote its “Pocket or...
Cellphone Bans Don’t Help Distracted Driving
A ban on cellphone use in the car, even while using a handsfree kit, was recommended by a...
New Nexus on Verizon Gets Rave Reviews
“This is easily the best smartphone to ever hit Verizon Wireless,” said the Boy Genius Report (BGR) Wednesday...