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Consumer Electronics 2010 Sales to Rise 3% Says CEA Revised Forecast
Times are getting better for consumer electronics. Sales this year will grow by 3 percent this year and...
iSimple Car Kits for Motorola, RIM, Other Phones
iSimple is offering a universal car adapter for smartphones from Motorola, Blackberry, Samsung, HTC, LG and other brands...
Car Amps/Subs Down, But Maybe Not So Much
Car amplifier and subwoofer sales are off by double digits according to NPD, but specialists are seeing slimmer...
Pandora Keeps Soaring
Pandora now enjoys 60 million registered listeners leading TechCrunch to declare the Internet radio service “sort of the...
TomTom: PND Sales Off in Q2
TomTom said portable navigation device (PND) sales slipped during calendar Q2 and TomTom’s PND revenue fell by double...
Tivizen Mobile DTV to Ship Aug/Sept
If you want free TV with a crisp, clear picture for your portable device you may not have...
Microsoft Offers Kinect Bundle
Microsoft Corp. announced a bundle for new 4G Xbox that includes a Kinect “full body controller” plus the...
Apple Sells 8.4M iPhones,iPad Already Past Early Adopter Phase
Apple produced a stellar Q3, reporting iPhone unit sales up 61 percent and Mac units sales up 33...
iSuppli Ups iPad Forecast; ‘It’s the Software Stupid’
Hours before Apple should announce its Q3 results, iSuppli has upped its estimates on sales of the iPad....
hhgregg all but Exits Car AV
hhgregg has all but pulled out of the car audio category, as the 157-store Indianapolis chain continues its...
Best Buy Drops Lawsuit Against Ultimate
Best Buy dropped a false advertising lawsuit against Ultimate Electronics filed in April. The Richfield-based chain dismissed the...
Sharp eReaders May Come to U.S. with Verizon
Sharp demonstrated Tuesday two Apple look-a-like eReaders, including one large screen tablet model that resembles an iPad, and...
Kindle Sales Triple; Amazon’s eBooks Outsell Hardcovers
Despite all the attention paid to Apple's iPad, the tablet sn’t is cheap, and Amazon's Kindle is successfully...
DICE, Aamp & Others Sued
DICE, Aamp of America, PIE, USA Spec, and Vais Technology have been sued for patent infringement on iPod...
Mobile DTV Clears Hurdle
Mobile DTV receivers are now free to go on sale, legally that is, as the FCC just gave...
Subaru Gets Autonet WiFi
Subaru is the latest car maker to offer a WiFi hotspot from Autonet Mobile, which is lately infiltrating...
Apple Offers Free iPhone 4 Case; Refunds but No Apology
Apple is offering a free case or a refund on the iPhone 4 to address what it calls...
iSimple Updates GateWay Package
iSimple revealed it has sold 100,000 of its GateWay iPod/iPhone add-on car kits since 2007. The kits have...
Ford to Run HD Radio Ad Campaign
The 2011 Ford Edge heading to dealers in fall will be the first car to include iTunes Tagging...
WikiReader at BJ’s for $69
WikiReader, the pocket device loaded with Wikipedia information, landed its first retail placement at BJ’s Wholesale Club and...