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01-07-08, 14:11
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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 talked about the Dash Express quite often recently since they were nice enough to lend us a review unit.
Here is what we thought of the device:
pros:
internet connected yahoo local search: it is better than any POI database out there
send2car: you or a friend can send destinations to your car from any internet connected PC
Dash Driver Network: real time traffic updates from other drivers on the road
user interface: easy to use interface, everything you need; nothing you don’t
Dash Apps: with open API anyone can design applications to extend the features of your devicecons:
map rendering: Dash Express lags a little behind when it comes to re-drawing the map every time you make a turn
maps: maps are out of date
driving directions: sometimes made us raise eyebrows - so we tried to beat Dash’s ETA by taking our route but ended up getting there at the same timeThe good thing about the cons is that most of those can be fixed over the air with software, and map updates. In fact a map update is expected to come out soon.
We believe $300 is a great price for Dash Express. Once you try the internet connected search you’ll know what we’re talking about.
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Some of the cons we listed several days ago in our mini Dash Express review article has already been take care of with the Dash Express software update which was announced today. One of these features include MyRoute which learns from your driving habits.
As your drive from point A to B, Dash will automatically learn your preferred route. Next time you make that same journey, the first route choice will be a MyRoute,so you can compare your MyRoute to the computed Dash routes and decide which one is optimal.
Another ‘con’ we mentioned was delay in map rendering. We weren’t so sure if this could be enhanced with a software update but apparently it was since people at Dash now claim the maps will redraw more than 50% faster.
One more very needed feature was Search Along Route which is just a smarter way finding points of interest such that you won’t have to backtrack from your destination. Everytime you make a search the results are displayed with the distance from the current location, the distance from the route and the direction of the destination relative to the selected route.
Other nice enhancement include FasterFind which is a feature powered by SiRFInstantFix technology. Your Dash will now use over-the-air GPS satellite position information to get a fast GPS fix so you can start navigating in seconds.
Your Dash Express, which now costs only $300 will update when you turn it on when you’re within WiFi range.
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 talked about the Dash Express quite often recently since they were nice enough to lend us a review unit.
Here is what we thought of the device:
pros:
internet connected yahoo local search: it is better than any POI database out there
send2car: you or a friend can send destinations to your car from any internet connected PC
Dash Driver Network: real time traffic updates from other drivers on the road
user interface: easy to use interface, everything you need; nothing you don’t
Dash Apps: with open API anyone can design applications to extend the features of your devicecons:
map rendering: Dash Express lags a little behind when it comes to re-drawing the map every time you make a turn
maps: maps are out of date
driving directions: sometimes made us raise eyebrows - so we tried to beat Dash’s ETA by taking our route but ended up getting there at the same timeThe good thing about the cons is that most of those can be fixed over the air with software, and map updates. In fact a map update is expected to come out soon.
We believe $300 is a great price for Dash Express. Once you try the internet connected search you’ll know what we’re talking about.
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Some of the cons we listed several days ago in our mini Dash Express review article has already been take care of with the Dash Express software update which was announced today. One of these features include MyRoute which learns from your driving habits.
As your drive from point A to B, Dash will automatically learn your preferred route. Next time you make that same journey, the first route choice will be a MyRoute,so you can compare your MyRoute to the computed Dash routes and decide which one is optimal.
Another ‘con’ we mentioned was delay in map rendering. We weren’t so sure if this could be enhanced with a software update but apparently it was since people at Dash now claim the maps will redraw more than 50% faster.
One more very needed feature was Search Along Route which is just a smarter way finding points of interest such that you won’t have to backtrack from your destination. Everytime you make a search the results are displayed with the distance from the current location, the distance from the route and the direction of the destination relative to the selected route.
Other nice enhancement include FasterFind which is a feature powered by SiRFInstantFix technology. Your Dash will now use over-the-air GPS satellite position information to get a fast GPS fix so you can start navigating in seconds.
Your Dash Express, which now costs only $300 will update when you turn it on when you’re within WiFi range.