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German Maestro Distributes Ground Zero

German Maestro announced it will distribute Ground Zero car audio products in the U.S. as the brand makes...

About 8 Million Kindles Will Sell in 2010

Amazon.com is on track to sell more than 8 million Kindles this year, said Businessweek citing 2 sources...

Microsoft Ships 1.5M Windows Phone 7 Smartphones

Microsoft has been tight-lipped until now on sales of smartphones running its new Windows Phone 7 OS. But...

Visteon to Show iPad Car System at CES

Visteon hinted it will show at CES a new iPad system for the car and a smartphone-to-car system...

OnStar Tracks Santa on Christmas Eve

When you are on the way to visit Grandma on Christmas Eve, the kids can track Santa via...

Creative ZiiO Tablet On Sale

Creative Technology’s 7-inch tablet called the ZiiO is now on sale, promising to bring better than usual audio...

Steelmate USA Parking Assist Install Contest

Steelmate USA is holding a competition for the best install of parking assist systems. Over 60 days, Steelmate...

FLO Spectrum sold to AT&T

It turns out that FLO’s demise will be 4G’s gain. Qualcomm has officially sold the spectrum used for...

New PIE Cables

Precision Interface Electronics is offering 2 replacement cables for aftermarket radios. It's ALP/FS-433iV and SON/USB-200iPV work in place...

First In-Car Overhead iPad Dock?

For an iPad owner, an in-car overhead monitor might be redundant, so Magadyne is showing what may be...

Best Buy Slammed by Internet Sales

It's not just the specialists hurting from Internet sales. Best Buy’s recent Q3 sales were slammed by consumers...

Free 4G Hotspot with iPad from Best Buy

Best Buy is now offering a special bundle for the iPad WiFi. For the holidays, consumers can get...

Notion Ink Releases Adam Demo

Notion Ink—the India-based company expected to ship one of the first Pixel Qi tablets in January—has released a...

In-Car Facebook From OnStar: Review

Not to be left in the dust by Ford’s Sync and MyFord Touch, General Motors announced in September...

BlackBerry Trumps iPhone in Recent Sales

Research in Motion delivered a blow to high flying Apple, announcing it shipped 14.2 million BlackBerry smartphones in...

NEC Dual Screen Tablet Due at CES

With 50 or 60 new tablets to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, its hard...

Phoenix Gold Intro’s Amp

Phoenix Gold (Aamp of America) will show at the Consumer Electronics Show a new hybrid car amplifier, model...

12 Volt Holiday Sales Update

Holiday sales are up narrowly at some key retail chains as we reach the December mid-point. Based on...

Prices Plunge on Mid-Tier Smartphones

By Ed Lieber The Apple iPhone’s firm grasp on the high end of the smartphone market has helped...

Dell Streak Discounted at $100

Best Buy is discounting the Dell Streak down to $100, or about half the going price when on...