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NY Retailers Get the iPad in October; Best Buy Expands iPad Roll Out
Some lucky New York retailers will begin carrying the iPad this October, joining Best Buy, as Apple slowly...
Garmin Woes Expand
Garmin, Garmin… the recall on its portable navi devices is expanding. Now Nissan is recalling vehicles equipped with...
KnowledgeFest Updates
We’re going to KnowledgeFest next month and we bet there are good reasons for you to head to...
Pandora Headlines KnowledgeFest
Pandora will deliver a keynote address at the Knowledgefest car electronics trade gathering October 10-12 discussing the next...
Amazon Ad Attacks iPad
We all know that a big advantage of E Ink based eReaders over tablets like the iPad is...
More on Audiobahn’s Return
You've already heard that Audiobahn is planning to return to the car electronics retail market October 1, with...
Where’s the 12 Volt Initiative?
The 12 Volt Initiative appears to be in hiatus. The vice chair of the industry group, Larry Rougas...
iPod Nano Watch, Is Car Unit Next?
It was only a matter of time before someone took the tiny iPod Nano and affixed it to...
Sirius XM “XM Snap” at FCC
Sirius XM is awaiting FCC approval on an “XM Snap” palm sized satellite radio device. It can link...
T-Mobile, Best Buy Launch G2 Smartphone
T-Mobile announced the launch later this month of the T-Mobile G2 with Google (made by HTC)—the carrier’s first...
Mobile DTV Update
After a quiet summer there’s some news recently on Mobile DTV (ATSC M/H)—the free digital broadcast TV service...
OnStar May Allow Drive-By Facebook Updates
General Motors’ OnStar is not going to sit back and let the Ford Sync get all the car-gadget...
Best Buy to Carry Amazon Kindle
Move over Target, now Best Buy has the Kindle too. Best Buy will carry both 6-inch Kindle 3G...
iPad Socks Notebook Market
The iPad is causing injury to a lot of consumer electronics segments. It’s crushed the high end of...
Kno Super Tablet Gets Financing
Kno, which is developing a dual-screen eReader/tablet that made a splash at the AllThingD conference in June, is...
Back Up Camera Sales to Climb Over 40%
Back up cameras, are growing at a steady pace with aftermarket sales estimated to reach 182,000 units this...
Garmin Recall Extends to Suzuki Vehicles
Garmin’s recall troubles are extending beyond the 1.2 million nuvi portable GPS devices recalled late in August. Now...
New Pioneer Car Deck Hits $70 MAP
Pioneer Electronics is shipping a new low cost CD receiver—the DEH-1300MP—with a Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) of only...
Verizon Begins Sales of Samsung Fascinate
The Samsung Fascinate smartphone with the dazzling Super AMOLED screen and fast processor will go on sale at...
Howard Stern Speculates on Role at Sirius
Howard Stern said he’s “pretty sure” he’ll leave satellite radio, but in the same breadth he hinted he...