<![CDATA[Gizmodo: dash express gps]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: dash express gps]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/dashexpressgps http://gizmodo.com/tag/dashexpressgps <![CDATA[Mobile Millennium Project is a Poor Man's Traffic-Relaying GPS]]> On Monday Nokia, NAVTEQ and UC Berkeley will launch the Mobile Millennium project which will use GPS data from thousands of cell phones to gather traffic information in the San Francisco Bay Area. By having users relay and access the information, it will enable them to find and avoid traffic congestion, similar to the Dash Express GPS system. I'd participate, but I wonder how much researchers would benefit from my daily commute from bed to kitchen table.

In order to get the needed information, the project uses a Java program that participants can download onto their phone.Traffic is then calculated using an algorithm researchers have developed. The software is eventually expected to work on most GPS-enabled phones on GSM networks. The project will not require many users, but does require them to be spread out for better results. Mobile Millennium plans to post the data it receives on the Web, but users who have the Java software will be most up-to-date. Luckily, for all the privacy-seekers, the information culled will be kept anonymous. Because the software uses a lot of data, only users with unlimited data plans are advised to sign up because you certainly don't want to end up with a $218 trillion phone bill. [Mobile Millennium via IT World]

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<![CDATA[Dealzmodo: Dash Express Just $200 in Amazon One-Day Sale]]> Dash express got a "permanent" price drop to $300 just back in June, but for today only an Amazon Gold Box deal means it'll have $100 shaved off that. Yup: it's just $200. That price has been available for Trafficgauge.com subscribers previously, but not on Amazon. Freakishly good deal, given that we labeled the GPS unit a fantastic traffic terminator. [Amazon]

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<![CDATA[Dash Express GPS Twitter App Tells Whole World Exactly Where You Are, With Google Map Goodness]]> The Dash Express GPS's API opened up about six weeks ago, and so far Dash says there've been dozens of apps developed since then, most of them in the truly useful category, like weather or speed traps. And then there's a Twitter client. Yes, the Dash will now tweet your exact location to everyone following you, along with a link to the address on Google maps. Okay, that's actually pretty sweet. Twitter: No longer just for telling the world when you're taking a dump. [Dash, Thanks Dave!]

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