Customer Reviews:
 Its a GPS jungle out there. March 28, 2008
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
I pity those who just have a GPS. I have DashEXPRESS. It is GPS fresh shared traffic, route advice, a quick address (then routing) from Linda's pc at home office. Most importantly lunch "at a place" somewhat described by a client, found then experienced. This is an indispensable device that shares smarts with others' in the dash club also from Yahoo search, plus emailed places from my work team (or even my wife).
Ease of use. As apple is to pc's dashEXPRESS is to GPS. I most like the confidence it brings to me on the road.. 'cause its a jungle out there.
Case to point. So I rec' a panically call from my wife one afternoon. I'm working and our daughter has a medical emergency (turns out she is passing a kidney stone). We have an adult son who has autism we need to meet so I can take Charlie with me. As it happens we are fairly new to Riverside (southern Cal.) so I tell her we will meet at the hospital, she has mentioned, and assumed I knew where it was. Well I'm thirty minutes away but dash EXPRESS connected. All's I do is browse hospitals it was the third one listed.
Batta bing.. we meet in the waiting room half an hour later. Not an hour or so later. Charlie and I head for home and the jacuzzi one of the better places for waiting I have found.
DashEXPRESS to the rescue .. `cause it's a jungle out there. Jim Michaelson
Innovative GPS unlike others March 28, 2008
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
The Dash is a very innovative GPS system that offers services not commonly found on other devices. For instance, having access to Yahoo Search means that you'll find anything listed on Yahoo. Also, looking up gas prices can be very helpful when gas prices are so high. My favorite things include: the real-time traffic info, the gas prices, and the Yahoo search. I've also used the Dash to look up nearby movies. The Dash team has been wonderful responding to issues and improving the system. Some Dash moments include: looking for a doctor's office and searching by the name of the doctor (can't do that on any GPS system); looking for the cheapest gas station when the price of regular gas was over $3; finding an alternate route because the freeway was jammed with traffic; and looking for homes in new developments with news streets. The Dash is an innovative product that is setting some new standards in automotive GPS systems. I would strongly recommend this device to anyone looking for a new GPS system.
 Don't belive the bad reviews here March 27, 2008
50 out of 78 found this review helpful
Don't believe the negative reviewers here. They have never even seen the device and what it can do. Notice all the positive reviews have come from those who have actually used this device, and nowhere do the negitive reviews say they have used it. This device is a little large, but it is very manageable. Also, I have never had a problem with the Dash saying I was blocks away from my location. My experience has been once it has a lock, It even knows what lane I am in on the freeway (I believe I read that it will even route you through carpool lanes on the freeway if it senses you are already in one).
I beta tested the very first units, and have been using this newly released unit for about 2 months now. While it does have a few quirks, I will never go to a non-connected GPS unit again. They have truly revolutionized the way that the GPS device functions. I love being able to recieve updates (including maps) for the fee of being connected. Essentially you have an always up to date unit for about $100 a year. I have an in-dash pioneer Avic D3 and it is about $400 just for the updated maps! I love having very up-to-date traffic information on freeways and streets. That will only get better as more people purchase it,
Traffic, real time gas prices, theater times and more! March 27, 2008
26 out of 36 found this review helpful
I have been testing the Dash for the past few months and I have to say I love it! Not only is it a huge time saver in terms of avoiding traffic with real-time data, its connectivity creates amazing new benefits that Dash is only just beginning to develop.
Two examples that are already available:
1) Need Gas? You can search for all the stations in a given radius of your current location, then rank order them by the real-time cost per gallon at each station.
2) Sudden impulse to see a movie? The system will find the nearest theaters *and* display the current movies and times for any theater.
I can only begin to imagine the implications of this technology for future connected services.
 Too Big, Too Expensive March 27, 2008
26 out of 123 found this review helpful
This thing is too big and too ugly. The included accessories are ugly as sin too. I found the massive dash mount horrible !! Please redesign it.
The price is too high. You pay a hefty price for the unit and then ( $12.99 X 12 months ) = $155.88 a year for the service.
The always connected idea is a good one, but there will be better products coming out this year using the new WiMax Xohm network which is very fast. It would be better to wait for the new Xohm connected GPS units due out soon.
I recommend that you pass on this, expensive, ugly, giant size GPS !!
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