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Old 05-02-2009, 01:32 PM   #42 (permalink)
kaz
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Downtown LA + SF
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Wow am I the only one using a Dash Express? Full real time connection to the internet, real time traffic from on the road users.

You can send addresses and trips using any browser direct to your unit...I use this daily, see a restaurant, copy the address and hit send - goes straight to my Dash.

You can call a phone number and verbally give it an address.

The traffic is realtime, sent in realtime from other users of Dash. So, if I see green on my route, it really means in the last 15 minutes someone drove on this road and had no traffic. The granularity is amazing, down to about a 10 feet. I'll be driving and see yellow for like half a block, and lo and behold traffic slows down for half a block. This only works well in large cities where there are other Dash users. LA, SF, SD, NYC, etc. I don't know how well it would work in Wichita Falls, TX.

Dash late last year announced they were no longer developing hardware and were licensing their tech to other companies. As a result you can pick up a Dash for under $200 - easily the best GPS I've ever used.

Dash Finds up to Three Possible Routes: You Choose Which is Best
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