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AT&T Sells iPad to Business Users
The iPad is expected to catch on with businesses just as it’s caught fire with consumers. AT&T thinks...
Ron Trout Goes to JVC Mobile
JVC Mobile Entertainment has hired industry veteran Ron Trout as western regional sales manager. Trout previously spent 7...
MERA Offers Extended Warranty
The Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) launched a new extended warranty program to cover product, removal and re-installation...
Radio Plummets; Internet Radio Gains
“If young people are the voice of the future, then terrestrial radio is in trouble,” concludes eMarketer. New...
Google’s Autonomous Car & Us
While we were rushing off to KnowledgeFest, a Google car that can drive itself made news headlines. Autonomous...
Verizon, AT&T to Sell iPad
Verizon will be selling the iPad this Christmas, even if it won’t get the iPhone until possibly next...
Cobra iRadar Detector
Cobra’s new radar detector works with an iPhone, using the iPhone’s larger display and GPS capabilities to give...
New Audiobahn 5-channel Amp
In case you didn't order Audiobahn's product catalog that became available this month, here's a look at one...
Audiovox Breaks Silence on FLO TV Exit
Audiovox told Wall Street analysts Wednesday that it was disappointed that Qualcomm decided to suspend the FLO TV...
Amazon Intro’s Kindle Singles
You may not know this, but you don’t often see books that are less than 50,000 words. That’s...
Sirius XM Triples Net Subs for the Quarter
Sirius XM tripled the number of subscribers added in Q3 this year compared to the quarter last year....
RIM Wants to Team With Car Aftermarket
In a surprising new opportunity for the car electronics aftermarket, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion addressed the KnowledgeFest...
KnowledgeFest 2011 Dates Set
The KnowledgeFest car electronics show sponsored by the Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) will be held next year...
New 12V Defective Product Proposal
Retailers have credit scores, how about defective product scores? To help lower the cost of handling defective product...
Walmart to Sell iPad Next Week: MacRumors
Update! Walmart confirmed that the iPad will be in hundreds of stores this week, reaching 2,300 of its...
Alpine KFest Show Specials
Alpine is offering several show specials to retailers at KnowledgeFest. The company is bundling its Pandora car radio--the...
JL Audio Intro’s Low Cost Amp Series
JL Audio unveiled at KnowledgeFest a series of car amplifiers starting at $200 in a new entry level...
12 Volt Group to Alter Course
The 12 Volt Initiative said it will reinvent itself after learning from its first car stereo awareness campaign....
Car Aftermarket Future is in Safety
Its not sexy but blind spot detection and similar products are actually coveted by consumers and this is...
Pandora Courts Aftermarket Radio Makers
Update: It appears Alpine got a little over-exuberant during the Pandora keynote yesterday, and exagerrated a bit. It...