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Black Friday Discounts for Car AV, GPS

Black Friday circulars from Best Buy, Walmart and other retailers are posted on several Web sites showing sales...

HP Slate Sells Out: Engadget

The iPad is selling so fast it’s changing the consumer electronics landscape: netbook sales took a hit, as...

Car Stereo TV Ad for Holidays: MESA

The Mobile Electronics Specialists of America (MESA) buying group has launched an animated holiday TV commercial that is...

Lenovo’s LePad Due in 2011

Lenovo plans to launch a LePad tablet PC in the U.S. next year, said The Wall Street Journal....

Boston Gets New Sales Manager

Boston Acoustics named former Focal America leader Sanjay Sharma as national sales manager of mobile audio, effective immediately....

Samsung Tablet Accessories from Scosche

Scosche is one of the first out of the gate with a line of accessories for the Samsung...

Directed Launches Viper Window Tinting

Directed Electronics is branching into window tinting with a line of Viper window film that will receive a...

Xi3 Computer Can be Used In-Car

Here’s a computer that might prove useful, albeit a bit pricey, for some car stereo installations. After 8...

Samsung’s iPad Rival Lands Solid Reviews: WSJ, NYT

Both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal rated the new Samsung Galaxy Tab as the first...

LG Joins Hanvon w/Color ePaper Display

Color e-paper displays aimed at eReaders got some support from LG as well as Hanvon this week. Chinese...

Almost $1B Spent on eBooks

eBooks are catching on with avid readers. This year consumers will spend almost $1 billion on eBooks, and...

BlackBerry Tablet Gets Sub $500 Price Tag

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was announced in September without a price but an executive at RIM—producer of the...

Audiovox Shows 1st Blu-ray Player for Car

It was bound to happen and here it is: the first Blu-ray player for the car. Audiovox will...

Kicker, Scosche, Firstech, A’vox Win Awards

Kicker won a CES 2011 Innovations award for a new hideaway powered car subwoofer and Scosche won awards...

Ford Focus Named Official Car of CES

The Ford Focus has been named the official car of the Consumer Electronics Show of 2011 to take...

iPad Accessory Sales Take Off

Accessories for the iPad may prove to be a bonanza, especially for retailers who are lucky enough to...

Kno Super Tablet at $599, $899

Kno, the start up maker of tablets aimed at students, has been winning media attention because its sleek...

Sony Ships Daily Edition eReader

It's been available by pre-order for months, but Sony’s 3G eReader called the Daily Edition finally went on...

First Color E Ink eReader: Hanvon

The first color E Ink eReader will be unveiled tomorrow by the Hanvon--the largest maker of eReaders in...

Parrot Intro’s 3G Hotspot for the Car

At the SEMA show last week, Parrot announced a 3G/WiFi hotspot designed to be included in OEM car...