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Dial Directions 411 Phone Service Automatically Beams Routes to Your Dash GPS


Call up "DIR-ECT-IONS" (clever) on your way to the car and tell the friendly robot who answers where you want to go, and you can have a route beamed to your Dash GPS over the web instantly. Dial Directions already works with a few other online and mobile services, but this Dash integration is a pretty great trick. Just pair your cell number with your Dash to get started, and start entering routes without having to stoop over and tap in your directions. [Dial Directions - Thanks, Dave!]

11:00 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
By John Mahoney
1,339 views, 8 comments

Latest by kwilliam71: Why not just build a GPS device that has built-in speech recognition? Seem cumbersome to use my phone to interact more »

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Dash GPS's Major June 2008 Update Lets You Plot Custom Routes

Dash navigator's latest update rolls out today, allowing for a few key improvements.
• My Route records your local paths between two points (or locations within 1/2 mile of those points) and recommends the route along side traditional GPS routes next time you make the trip.
• Searches for points of interest "along the way" return listings with distance from current location and distance from destination.
• Road closures will be highlighted in black.
• Using SiRF's instantfix tech, the GPS will lock on sats on resume within 3 seconds
• The GUI is about 50% snappier
• Street names are easier to read because of better contrast.
Video of My Route over at [Dash's Blog]

11:00 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Brian Lam
1,594 views, 12 comments

Latest by frigg: @Carmen Loves Kittens and Hardcore Bondage: Huh?? Didn't mean for that to come off as ass-like in any way. more »

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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!]

5:30 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By matt buchanan
2,506 views, 17 comments

Latest by dale3h: Now all they need is a bright kite app. At that point, the world is over! more »

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Dealzmodo: Dash Express GPS $300 at Amazon

We loved the Dash Express GPS so much we called it the traffic terminator. After falling to $400, now it's only $300 at Amazon, a fairly sweet (or hot, as Amazon calls it) deal for an awesome GPS navigator. [Amazon, Thanks Lich!]

8:45 PM on Sun Jun 1 2008
By matt buchanan
8,756 views, 18 comments

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Giz Explains: An Easy Primer on GPS

In this week's Giz Explains, we're doing a quick rundown of a sweet technology that has evolved from a (deadly) serious military application to becoming a household utility, found in all kinds of gadgets: GPS. More »

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2:00 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By matt buchanan
14,744 views, 69 comments

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First Third-Party Dash Apps Have Weather, Speed Traps and Radio Song ID

The first third-party applications for Dash's GPS (you know, that internet-connected smart GPS) are here, and they do some interesting things. There's Trapster, which shows you whether there are speed traps ahead (and let you contribute trap information), Mediaguide, which shows you the last three tracks played on any FM or AM station, and WeatherBug, which tells you weather conditions now and later. More »

2:44 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Jason Chen
2,600 views, 9 comments

Latest by Beven: Yup - still have mine. It's definitely a work-in-progress, but I'm holding on. There are so many possibilities for Dash, more »

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Dash Express GPS Updates Traffic Models, Software Update Coming

The Dash Express GPS just received its first historic traffic model update using the live Dash data gathered by users. That'll help predict traffic in areas where no Dash or other trusted data sources have been in the last 15 minutes. By end of month, a software update is coming with tweaks in performance, stability and routing. As for today's historic update, Dash recommends all users download the patch by Wi-Fi. Let's hope that more updates come often as this one, and with more features using that internet connection.

9:29 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Brian Lam
4,686 views, 12 comments

Latest by CarmenLovesHerNewCanonDSLR: @Stacky Botrus: No i don't think I can do that!...lemme try......no wait...no wait...NOPE can't do it@ideaman2020: I'm using Safari, more »

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Send Google Maps and MapQuest Addresses to Your Garmin

In a move not unlike the "Send2Car" feature on the Dash Express GPS navigator, Garmin has worked it so that people using Google Maps and MapQuest will easily be able to send the address they're looking at to their navigator, to avoid typing it in all over again. More »

12:30 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Wilson Rothman
5,935 views, 15 comments

Latest by quikboy: I wish I could do this with Live Maps :P more »

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Dash Full Review: Don't Miss the Traffic Terminator

Hey, in case you missed it, don't forget to check out the most thorough review of the Dash on the web—we drove over 1000 miles with it so you don't have to. [Dash on Giz]

7:20 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By matt buchanan
2,648 views, 1 comment

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Video: Real-Life Driving With Dash GPS

This video is what driving with Dash is usually like. At night, it can be especially undramatic, but even when there is a lot of traffic, the truth is, Dash doesn't reroute you often. I use the map as a guide and just drive around the reds (when there are reds). It's funny how the density of traffic data varies time to time, and by what zoom level you are at. But when these things hit the market in the next few days, the traffic data, minute by minute, should shoot up in density. (And until then, the dashed lines, which are based on historical models, are pretty useful.) Also, apologies for any motion sickness incurred from watching this video. Driving stick and using GPS and camcorder at the same time is not that easy. We dropped our review of this baby last night, culled from over 1000 miles of driving, so check it out. [Dash Express review on Giz]

9:43 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Brian Lam
3,035 views, 19 comments

Latest by Spoony Bard: I think I'm gonna be sick.... more »