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More Support for Mobile DTV

Free TV to a portable or car device is getting some buzz, finally. Mobile DTV-- the free over-the-air...

Sirius XM Adds More Subscribers

By Amy Gilroy Sirius XM Radio continues to add subscribers as the auto industry and the economy improves....

Sonic Electronix to Open True Store

By Amy Gilroy Sonic Electronix, or really its founder and CEO, Nathaniel Victor--the high school kid turned 12-volt...

New Nintendo DSi Bundle

Nintendo will offer a white bundled version of the DSi starting April 25 at select retailers. The new...

FLO TV gets Pay as You Go

Don't like those $15 a month fees for FLO TV? Now FLO TV-- the paid mobile video service...

Microsoft Intro’s Cloud Phone, Nokia Adds Social Phones

Microsoft Monday introduced two new “cloud phones” that store a user’s information in the cloud called KIN ONE...

Mobile DTV $149 Hotspot Due in May

While a number of products offering Mobile DTV—the free over-the-air TV service for portables and car TVs—were shown...

Sony Cupholder Speaker Sighted

Sony is planning to release, in Japan, anyway, some cool-looking MP3 player docks and speakers including this “cupholder”...

Best Buy Gets the Nook

Best Buy made the rumors official and announced it will start carrying the Barnes & Noble nook eReader...

Sharp 3D TVs Due

Sharp will add its name to the list of 3D TV makers such as Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony....

InstallerNet Takes on Mobileye

I’ve said before that the new car product category—advanced driver safety—could get a lift off this year and...

DICE Gets Aggressive, Hires Witt

DICE Electronics is not one of the companies seeing its profits dwindle. The maker of iPod-connection products for...

Alpine Training Tour Begins

You know you can’t get enough training and so Alpine Electronics is making it easier for you with...

Alpine’s New Strategy

After a rough year on the OEM side and some layoffs of high profile management, Alpine Electronics is...

iPhone OS 4 Adds Multitasking

Apple sold 450,000 iPads in six days and saw 600,000 iBook downloads! And a total of 3.5 million...

iPad Works with Sync

By Amy Gilroy Sorry for the second iPad video but we couldn't resist this one either. For Ford...

iPad Costs $259 to Build

Apple’s iPad costs $259.60 to build, at least for the WiFi version, says iSuppli. Most of that cost,...

Target Gets Kindle, Best Buy Nook?

Take your eReader merchandising strategy and start revamping. The brick and mortar landscape for eReaders just got a...

JL Audio Ships XD Car Amps

JL Audio is taking its HD compact car amp line and offering it in a more affordable XD...

Car Dock for Nexus One

Maybe Google’s Nexus One smart phone isn’t setting sales records but it has very cool built-in, free, turn-by-turn...