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The editors liked
The Dash Express portable navigation system offers Internet connectivity via Wi-Fi or cellular network and allows for live searches
Real-time traffic updates
And more. Theres also a Send2Car feature for easy trip planning and text-to-speech function...
Built-in GPRS technology. Live traffic updates from other Dash users and third-party providers. Yahoo! LiveSearch. No need to connect to a PC for software and map updates.
Live traffic data brought to car through GPRS connection
Can conduct live Yahoo searches
Software improvements sent to device wirelessly
Provides current information about gas prices and movie times
Always connected via one of three antennas (GPR...
Smooth operation on the road
Easy delivery of addresses and search results to device
Near realtime "network effect" traffic tracking
Mobile services
Including Yahoo! Local Search
Webbased MyDash wireless interface with GPS unit.
The editors didn't like
The Dashs tracking capabilities were off the mark. At this time
Theres no capability to connect a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or use the Express as a hands-free speaker system. The unit is also fairly bulky.
Bulky and heavy. Lacks multisegment routing. Cant specify routes to avoid.
3D interface shows multi-lane roads as single lanes
Slow to toggle between 2D and 3D views
Color choice for 3D view is difficult to follow
No multimedia features or Bluetooth
Search parameters for finding nearby businesses are limited
Balky routing
Poor display visibility
Service fees
No doubt about it
Dash brought an exciting set of innovative features to the incar portable GPS market when it launched its Dash Express in early 2008. Its Internet connectivity
Near realtime "network effect" traffic tracking, Mobile services, including Yahoo! Local Search, Webbased MyDash wireless interface with GPS unit.
Balky routing, Poor display visibility, Service fees, No doubt about it, Dash brought an exciting set of innovative features to the incar portable GPS market when it launched its Dash Express in early 2008. Its Internet connectivity, nearrealtime tra...
Abstract: Dash Express is now $299 - which is half the price when it first came out several months ago. We first saw this price point back at Father’s Day and now they say due to high interest during that time they decided to keep the price at that low point. We...
Abstract: Dash Navigation is applying 21st-centry technology to solve a problem as old as driving itself: traffic. While other GPS devices all receive the same incomplete and outdated traffic updates via FM or MSN-Direct, Dash is creating its own traffic netwo...
Abstract: UPDATES I’ve had the Dash Express for over a month now and have been enjoying testing it out. The Dash is a revolutionary new type of GPS navigation device that brings Internet search to your car along with crowdsourced live traffic. The cellular con...
Abstract: The Dash Express Two-Way Internet-Connected Portable GPS Navigator exploded overnight onto many online blogs - prompting blogger Jason Calacanis to proclaim it “Best Product of 2008“. In case you missed the hoopla around this release, the Dash...
Abstract: Dash Express Dash first made themselves known back in 2006 with promises of a new type of GPS that would take navigation to the next level. While initial predictions were for nationwide availability in Q3 of 2007, that date slipped a couple of times, b...
Abstract: I have been writing about GPS for a little over 5 years and have worked for a GPS software company for a year. The reason I mention this is that in all that time I have never made a statement like the one Im making now: the "Dash Express" by Dash (web...
Abstract: As smart as in-car navigation devices are, they could be smarter. They could talk to each other via the Internet and share information on how fast traffic is moving on the roads they have just traveled. And they could also use the Internet to let you s...
The Dash Express portable navigation system offers Internet connectivity via Wi-Fi or cellular network and allows for live searches, real-time traffic updates, and more. Theres also a Send2Car feature for easy trip planning and text-to-speech function...
The Dashs tracking capabilities were off the mark. At this time, theres no capability to connect a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or use the Express as a hands-free speaker system. The unit is also fairly bulky.
The two-way connectivity of the Dash Express portable navigation system offers powerful search and traffic capabilities to drivers and increases the value of GPS to the next level, but the system needs some refinements before were willing to invest in...
