Dealerscope Today : Jan 27, 2012

Samsung Profit Jumps 17 Percent

Samsung Electronics this week reported a 17 percent jump in profit for the last quarter of 2011. The profit was the equivalent of $3.5 billion, the AP reported.... more »

Women in CE Sets June Career Enhancement Forum

Women in CE has officially announced a first-of-its-kind Career Enhancement Forum, titled "Power Your Career in Consumer Electronics," to take place this June in New York as part of the second annual CE Week.... more »

Alpine Shows Largest Head Unit in the Aftermarket World

At CES 2012, Alpine showed off a number of headunits and a great installation solution.

The first batch of headunits are compatible with with iPhone, Android and BlackBerry phones, and feature Pandora Radio. The models allow a listener to... more »

Western Digital Shows ThunderBolt Devices

Western Digital said this week that it will show its new My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system at the upcoming Macworld/iWorld show, at Booth #401.
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Giants' Cruz Gets Vizio Award

New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz received an accolade this week on the way to Super Bowl: he was named winner of Vizio's annual Top Value Performer of the Year. Cruz, who enjoyed a breakout season, won a vote... more »

Follow AppleTell's MacWorld/iWorld Coverage

From Appletell

Macworld | iWorld 2012 officially kicked off Thursday at Moscone Center in San Francisco, and our sister site AppleTell.com is there, talking with exhibitors, checking out demos, and waiting nervously for this whole drum circle thing to take place. The... more »

Over 80 Percent of AT&T Smartphones in Q4 Were iPhones

Of the 9.4 million smartphones AT&T sold in the fourth quarter, 7.6 million, or 81 percent, were iPhones, the company said in its earnings report this week.
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Wii U Coming to U.S. By Year's End

From Gamertell

Here’s news that may make your days merry and bright. Nintendo has finally nailed down a solid release window for the Wii U’s worldwide debut. We’d been hearing rumors that it’d be out for 2013, and it seems that’s true.... more »

RadioShack Seen Launching Price-Matching Program

From Gadgetell

Based on a recently leaked Radio Shack document — it looks like a price match guarantee will be going into effect beginning on January 29th. And that being said, the guarantee does seem simple enough, though just like any of... more »

PMA Will Return to CES in 2013

The annual PMA show, which was canceled in 2011 and folded into the 2012 International CES, will once again be part of CES in 2013, the organizers said this week.... more »

Droid RAZR MAXX is Now Available

From Gadgetell

We saw the rumors and we had gotten the official confirmation from Verizon Wireless — the Droid RAZR MAXX was going to be available beginning on January 26th. Well, it looks like today is that day and those who had... more »

Samsung Galaxy Note Coming to AT&T Feb. 18

From Gadgetell

It is looking like AT&T may have an exciting stretch of device launches coming up. We mentioned yesterday how the Nokia Lumia 900 was rumored to be launching on March 18th (for just $99.99) and well, as of today it... more »

HTC Plans to Make Fewer, Better Phones

From Gadgetell

HTC hit it big with its assortment of Android phones throughout most of 2011. The gravy train came to an end earlier this month when the company’s fourth quarter income dropped by over 25%.... more »