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Remote Start Apps Due from Audiovox, CompuStar
By Amy Gilroy More car electronics suppliers are jumping on the app bandwagon for remote starting your car...
Nintendo: Profits Stumble; Pins Hopes on 3DS
By Amy Gilroy Hit by competition from Sony, Microsoft and Apple, Nintendo saw its annual profits fall for...
High Inventory Hurts Garmin’s First Quarter
By Amy Gilroy Garmin suffered from high inventories in portable navigation devices (PNDs), reporting lower sales and earnings...
Microsoft KIN “Cloud Phones” Launch May 6
By Amy Gilroy Microsoft announced a May 6 debut for its KIN “Cloud phones” through Verizon Wireless online...
Intel Offers Atom Processor for Smartphones, Tablets
Intel has begun producing a new Atom processor for smartphones and tablet PCs allowing faster web page loading...
Kicker Enters Best Buy This Month
By Amy Gilroy Kicker confirmed one of the worst kept 12-volt secrets—that its line of 12-volt products will...
TomTom Adds Darth Vader Voice
TomTom's newest voice for its GPS devices is that of Darth Vader. For a $12.95 download users can...
Sirius XM: Strong Sales, Profits; New Service Expected
By Amy Gilroy Sirius XM subscribers inched to almost to 19 million, as the company reported a sold...
PlayStation Warranties Could Irk Retailers
By Amy Gilroy Sony’s announcement Monday that it will offer extended warranties on its PlayStation gaming machines could...
Flanner’s Halts Operations
By Amy Gilroy Flanner’s Home Entertainment, the 100+ year audio/video retailer and institution in Brookfield, Wisconsin, has closed...
Apple Sells 1M iPads in 28 Days
Apple sold one million iPads as of Friday, less than a month since the first WiFi iPad went...
Bookeen WiFi eReader Due in June
Bookeen is just about to ship two eReaders it showed at the Consumer Electronics Show in January including...
Kenwood $150 Navi Rebate; CD-less Car Decks Ship
Kenwood is reprising its summer rebate programs of the past two years with a mail in rebate this...
Scosche Shows First Protoype 12V iPad Kit
Yikes! Is this the first iPad kit for the car? Scosche is showing its retailers an iPad kit...
Cartronics Wins Pioneer Build-Off
The winner of Pioneer’s 4th annual Build-Off was Cartronics of Santa Rosa, CA, which outshone the installs of...
Sony TVs with Google to be Announced in May
Sony Corp. is expected to announce new TVs May 19 or 20 that use Google software and Intel...
iPad 12V Install Lures CNN, Alpine
We checked back with the iPad installer at SoundMan Car Audio in Santa Clarita, CA. whom we showed...
Sony’s Dash Finally on Sale
The latest gadget for the countertop—the Sony Dash—goes on sale today after making a small splash at the...
HP’s Palm Buyout Goes Beyond Smartphones
By Amy Gilroy Fresh from its announced $1.2 billion buyout of Palm, HP hinted it wants Palm’s technology...
HP Reaches Agreement to Buy Palm
In what can only be seen as great news for smartphone-maker Palm, Hewlett-Packard is planning to purchase Palm...