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Kenwood Adds Lifetime Traffic
Kenwood USA has begun shipping its flagship DVD/navigation receiver, the DNX9960, that adds free traffic for the life...
Nelkin Leaves Panasonic for Sanyo
By Amy Gilroy Industry veteran Andy Nelkin will leave Panasonic and head for Sanyo as North American president...
Get Ready for $99 eReaders
By Amy Gilroy eReaders at $99 that are not connected to any particular bookstore are expected to flood...
ICE Launches TV Spot
In Car Experts (ICE), a car stereo buying group launched a TV spot for its retailer members. The...
Samsung Joins HTC with 4G Phone
At CTIA Wireless this year, 4G phones are becoming a reality, Android superphones are sweeping the show and...
Tourists Love NYC Apple Store
Apple’s New York City retail stores have become such tourist attractions that more tourists are taking photos of...
Kobo $149 eReader Heads to Borders
By Amy Gilroy Kobo, the eBook retailer, is launching its own $149 eReader to be sold through bookstores...
Ford Ships 2 Million Sync Radios
By Amy Gilroy The Ford Sync—the coolest factory radio-- has been installed on more than two million cars,...
3D Gaming Heats Up
By Amy Gilroy 3D may be “interesting” in the TV market at this early stage, but in gaming...
iTag App Finds Your Phone
A new iTag Android app helps you find your lost phone, even when it is set to silent...
4G Rolls Out to More Cities
Sprint announced the names of additional cities that will receive 4G service this year including Los Angeles and...
Sprint 4G Evo Phone at CTIA
By Amy Gilroy Updated! The CTIA Wireless show opens today with Sprint finally showing off its 4G Evo...
Pioneer Lets Go of 2 Execs
In more downsizing for the car AV industry Pioneer Electronics has let go of two execs: Michael Townsen,...
CE to Grow Despite Lower Incomes
Another agency is forecasting growth in consumer electronics overall this year. iSuppli said it expects a 3.2 percent...
Can AT&T Help Palm?
Palm’s “Pre Plus” and “Pixi Plus” smartphones will start selling through AT&T (joining Verizon and Sprint), but will...
A Quarter of Phones to have WiFi in 2012
Wi-Fi continues to infiltrate not just smartphones, but feature cellphones, as hotspots proliferate in the home and office....
MESA Selects Concept for Video
The Mobile Electronics Specialists of America (MESA)— the buying group expected to represent a $1/2 billion in car...
SBN Sets “Trade Only” Day
Next year’s Spring Break Nationals in Daytona Beach, FLA will include a "trade only day" on Monday, March...
Amazon’s Kindle for Mac
Amazon continues to expand its Kindle eBookstore’s reach beyond the Kindle eReader, announcing today eReading software for the...
Nook is Best-Selling Product at B&N
The Barnes & Noble nook eReader has become the best-selling product at Barnes & Noble since it launched...