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Sirius Needs To Address Internet Radio

Cheers to Sirius XM Radio for launching an aggressive ad campaign on Nov. 15. Retailers would have preferred to see it a year earlier, but few will blame CEO Mel Karmazin for trying to resolve some nagging problems (merger, near-bankruptcy, wallet-closing recession) before making a big ad spend. But if Sirius XM wants to really show it’s back and firing on all cylinders, it needs to... More

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Wireless E-Readers, Only for Some

Highlighting another hit product most consumer electronics retailers won’t be selling this Christmas, Amazon.com announced its Kindle e-reader is its No. 1 selling product in units and dollars across all categories, astonishing Wall Street analysts. And arguably the coolest e-reader to date, the Nook from Barnes & Noble, isn’t going to be offered beyond its own doors and... More

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Will Apple Kill e-Readers?

As iRex Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips, unveiled its $399 wireless Kindle rival Wednesday at the N.Y. Historical Society, the elephant in the room wasn’t just Amazon’s Kindle, but the rumored tablet PC from Apple.First, the iRex is a wireless e-reader due at the end of October in Best Buy stores followed by other retailers in the first quarter.  Bloggers have... More

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Vote for InstallerNet

Should members of the Mobile Enhancement Retailers’ Association (MERA) - the car stereo industry’s version of CEDIA - vote in favor of InstallerNet’s bid to buy out the organization and open it up to all 12-volt retailers, not just the specialists?MERA members started voting on the issue on Aug. 17 and the final votes should be in by Aug. 31, said InstallerNet. On... More

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Where Does Hands-Free Calling Go From Here?

Bluetooth hands-free devices do not prevent driver distraction, according to research a government agency failed to make public back in 2003, we learned this week from a NewYork Times article . This is not the first research showing that it is the actual conversation on the cellphone that causes distraction to drivers, not the act of holding a phone. And there is other research with... More