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Auto Page Goes “Real Metal”
Auto Page goes stylish this month with a new security and remote start system with a flashier transmitter....
Plastic Logic NOT for Sale
Plastic Logic is not up for sale despite a recent report stating the opposite by the UK’s Financial...
First iPad Car Install?
Now this is what we’re talking about. This car AV retailer isn’t crying about a changing market. Santa...
HP Slate Details Leaked
First a video, and now more specs on the Hewlett-Packard slate tablet PC, are circulating the web, this...
MESA Closes Vendor Selection
The Mobile Electronics Specialists of America (MESA)— the buying group expected to represent a $1/2 billion in car...
Best Buy to Enter Expeditor Market
By Amy Gilroy Updated! It appears Best Buy has its eye on selling car radios and electronics not...
iPad Car Charger from Kensington
Kensington announced three accessories for the Apple iPad including a $24.99 car charger called the PowerBolt Micro Car...
Apple Sells 300K iPads
After all the speculation, Apple announced it sold over 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on its first day...
iPad Sales May Pass 7M; Apps More Costly
iSuppli is now weighing in on predictions for sales of the iPad, which begins delivery Saturday, and could...
CEoutlook Partners With Rukpromotions
Effective April 1, CEoutlook, the new trade web-magazine and e-newsletter for the consumer electronics industry, hires Rukpromotions as...
Car Sales Could Hit 14M in 2011
And now some good news in car electronics: car sales are on their way to returning to the...
Cellphones Push into Home Theater
As Best Buy escalates its role in selling cellular phones (of the 75 to 100 stores Best Buy...
eBay to Top $1.5B Over Portable Devices
eBay has been a force to be reckoned with, and now we know just how a big a...
iPhone for Verizon Due?
Rumors that Verizon will begin carrying the iPhone are nothing new. But the latest report by the Wall...
iPad to Nip at the Kindle
For all those wondering if a $500 iPad will steal share from eReaders (often below $300), this latest...
TomTom Adds $30 Traffic, Maps
TomTom is making traffic or map updates an affordable $30 feature on some models and getting rid of...
Sears, Kmart Get eReaders
By Amy Gilroy Sears, Kmart and Kohl’s will begin carrying eReaders in their brick and mortar stores this...
Apple to Ship 8-10M iPads
The Apple iPad may not be for everyone, but it looks like pre-orders are going well. Apple will...
RadioShack Gets iPhone, Talks with Best Buy?
RadioShack, the 89-year old chain could wind up as part of Best Buy? Even as RadioShack begins selling...
Pioneer Ships Car AV Sans Navi
Pioneer’s new AV head units keep the price down by making navigation optional. Shipping now, the in-dash AVH-P3200BT...