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Atrend Offers Custom Woofer Loading
Atrend, which makes car speaker box enclosures, launched a new custom loading service. Dealers can now arrange that...
A Quarter Use iPod/MP3 Player in Car
A new study provides a sweeping look at gadget use in the car. Conducted in July, it found...
BlackBerry Sales Fall Below Expectations
Fewer BlackBerry phones were shipped during the recent quarter, parent company Research in Motion (RIM) disclosed, causing a...
Remote-Park Car with an iPhone
First parking assist wowed us and now parking your car from your iPhone tops that. Yup. You exit...
SoundMan Seeks to be Facebook of Car Audio
SoundMan Car Audio is hoping you will visit a new area of its web site, which it wants...
Crimestopper Offers Remote Start from Phone
Crimestopper is shipping MobileStart, which remote starts your car from your smartphone or computer from virtually anywhere in...
Viper SmartStart Extends to Windows Phone
Directed Electronics said a new Viper SmartStart for Windows Phone 7 smartphones should be available by the end...
SiriusXM to Raise Fee to $14.49/month
Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin announced the satellite radio service will increase prices on January 1, which will...
Another Alpine Maverick Passes
Dean Foster, known as the late Reese Haggott’s right-hand man, who helped launch the Alpine car audio brand...
What Exactly Is Revenew?
By now you may have seen that Revenew Systems has teamed up with the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association...
Ford Future: Hardware Modules for the Dash
At Techcrunch Disrupt this week Ford showed aftermarket hardware modules for the dash that car stereo shops and...
Al & Ed’s Raises Labor Fees to $125/hour
18-store chain Al & Ed’s Autosound --the Southern California retailer that pioneered the “free install,“ it claims--now charges...
Parrot to Ship New Bluetooth Car Kit
Parrot will deliver next month a new Bluetooth car kit that lets you keep two phones paired on...
Terminal Mode is Now MirrorLink
By now you’ve probably heard of Terminal Mode—a standard for syncing your phone with a car radio so...
Alpine Ships 3 New Car Speakers
Alpine is now shipping three new car speakers including an SBR-S837 enclosed subwoofer. The SBR-S83V uses an 8-inch...
NPD Update on Car Audio
New car audio/video/navigation results from the NPD Group, show again that the industry’s losses have plateaued, and that...
See in Action Mercedes Concept Radio
Mercedes-Benz released a video on the concept A-Class entertainment system, and its pretty wild. The dash board doesn’t...
Auto Page C3 Now Works w/Apps & OEM Remote Start
The Auto Page C3—the first remote car starter that your cellphone controls—has been updated to communicate with apps...
Pioneer Launches YouTube Campaign for Car Audio
Pioneer Electronics has launched a YouTube campaign to teach people about the advantages of aftermarket car audio. The...
The Motorola Droid Bionic is Now on Sale; Reviews
The Motorola Droid Bionic--Verizon's first dual-core 4G LTE phone-- is now available after a long delay and a...