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Nilay - tell me where to send the bail check... ;-)

Mark]]>Mar 27th 2008 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/
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Anyway, i'm pretty intrigued and want one.]]>Mar 27th 2008 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/
The whole traffic mapping thing is useless unless you possibly live in San Francisco, LA, or New York. And it feeds off other people's dash units, so if you live in smallville... you're screwed.

Gas prices are great, but 90% of the time you're going to use the same few gas stations you typically do... the other 10% of the time you don't care about the ten cent difference from one station to the next (at least you don't if you can currently afford the dash at its price tag)

Movie times are cool, but I can pull that up on my cell phone... and if I don't have a cell phone that can give me that data, I'd rather purchase a cell phone that could give me that data as opposed to a GPS that I can't put in my pocket. Same goes for food reviews and food locations.

My advice... if you want the "internet" functionality, buy an IPhone or a Tilt. If you want a GPS... buy the Garmin Nuvi 360 or better. It fits in your pocket and easily snaps in and out of its cradle and it doesn't cost you $13 bucks a month to use. You'll be doing yourself a favor.]]>Mar 27th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/Mar 27th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/dash-express-unboxing-and-hands-on/
The price of the unit and the monthly subscription costs would likely deter me from switching from my Garmin. I already have an internet enabled phone (iPhone) and while the integration into the Dash is elegant, I don't feel that its worth paying for a second wireless internet connection. Use bluetooth to connect to my iPhone and provide the data via the connection I already pay for.

Add to the equation that the other GPS manufacturers are developing similar capabilities, and I remain in a "wait and see" position. I suspect that the NuviPhone will be a MAJOR player when its released 3rd quarter.]]>Mar 27th 2008 4:10PM