dash express new price and a short review
Jun 22, 2008 gps navigation, gps reviews
Dash Express is now $299 – which is half the price when it first came out several months ago. We first saw this price point back at Father’s Day and now they say due to high interest during that time they decided to keep the price at that low point. We talked about the Dash Express quite often recently since they were nice enough to lend us a review unit.
Here is what we thought of the device:
pros:
- internet connected yahoo local search: it is better than any POI database out there
- send2car: you or a friend can send destinations to your car from any internet connected PC
- Dash Driver Network: real time traffic updates from other drivers on the road
- user interface: easy to use interface, everything you need; nothing you don’t
- Dash Apps: with open API anyone can design applications to extend the features of your device
cons:
- map rendering: Dash Express lags a little behind when it comes to re-drawing the map everytime you make a turn
- maps: maps are out of date
- driving directions: sometimes made us raise eyebrows – so we tried to beat Dash’s ETA by taking our route but ended up getting there at the same time
The good thing about the cons is that most of those can be fixed over the air with software, and map updates. In fact a map update is expected to come out soon.
We believe $300 is a great price for Dash Express. Once you try the internet connected search you’ll know what we’re talking about.
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June 22nd, 2008 at 6:39 am
Has DASH provided at least one Map Update via it’s connectivity feature?
This would be a huge benefit – especially if they update tempo could be increased over the other brands whose update tempo is months at best.
but I’d be a little leery of the DASH until I see the concept actually work in practice – correctly.
I’m listening here….
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I remember noting the slow redraw while they were showing it off, and was told the final product would be much faster at redrawing. Apparently they didn’t improve it that much?
It really amazes me that the GPS companies seem to think it’s okay to have such terrible redraw times. Use a faster video chipset or something. Charge me $5 extra, just make it 15-30 FPS! And please, can we at least start anti-aliasing the display a bit?
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:56 am
If you couldn’t beat the Dash directions ETA with your own route why is that listed as a con?
June 26th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Never heard about this. I’m finding a ton of great information on this site to help me make a good buying decision on my next GPS system.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
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