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| Dash Express Two-Way Internet-Connected Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Dash
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $289.99
You Save: $10.00 (3%)
New (2) Used (3) from $209.84
Avg. Customer Rating:  124 reviews
Sales Rank: 685
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 4.8 x 4.1
MPN: 99-1000-001
Model: 99-1000-001
UPC: 892437002012
EAN: 0892437002012
ASIN: B0014CIBWC
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 So far so good June 17, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I love this thing. I wish it was smaller, and the mount was smaller. It can be slow at times and has some weird routing quirks. I just go into the device, click the report a problem link. When I get home, I check my email, add comments to the problem report and it is sent back to Dash. They use the info to do a software update to improve the device. They seem to do much more often than other GPS's.
+Problem Reporting feature allows Dash to learn about routing issues or anything else and correct their software. I used a Garmin for a while and it gave me strange routes too. I had no outlet to contact them easily to help them improve.
+Displays Gas Stations based on Price or on location.
+Send2Car functionality makes it easy to get addresses into car.
+Traffic info is awesome.
+Searching info is awesome. Want to find a Wii? Type in Wii in the search and it will give you a list of retailers. (Of course doesn't know about availability.) Other GPS units would search for the names of business's with the word Wii in it.
+Major software updates. With a Garmin Nuvii, to get new features you have to buy another unit.
+Historical traffic updates monthly (of course real-time traffic is real-time).
-Strange routes sometimes. (June software update should help.)
-Prefers freeways (June software update and future traffic updates should help.)
-Can be slow to calculate a route.
?Some interactions feel like they could be accomplished better. I don't like to have to study the map when it finds a traffic issue ahead to find a different route. I'm driving. However, I am not sure how to improve this.
 Can't compare with the Garmin Nuvi's Series June 16, 2008
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I had a Garmin Nuvi 350 and it worked fine. But then thought I try the Dash unit out because it has the up-to-the-minute traffic routing. I was very disappointed with the Dash because it is so slow compared to the older Garmin 350. Slow on power-up, slow on calculations. The graphics are just not clear and are tiny. So I went and bought the new Garmin Nuvi 780, which was like 10X better than the Dash, lightning fast on calculations, the MSN live traffic on the 780 was better than the Dash. I use both of them side-by-side in my car since I have both. Sorry, but the Garmin Nuvi 780 beats the Dash unit hands-down. There is only 1 thing I use the Dash for, that it tells you how many miles until you have to change freeways instead of how far until you get to the next freeway split. I don't think the Dash unit will ever catch up to the Garmin Nuvi's. That's just my 2 cents worth.
 Needs work June 15, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I had high hopes for this item but was not impressed for several reasons:
It is missing many standard GPS features 1) no waypoints, you can't create a route from point A to B with a stop at C 2) No route avoidance, ours seemed to have an affinity for dirt roads and routing through housing developments rather than simply staying on the paved roads even if it was a block longer but much faster 3) No displays of simple information such as your current speed and direction
Since it comes with a USB cable one would logically assume that it came with software to create routes and such, this is not the case, there is currently NO use for the USB cable it's for "future enhancements".
Here in Minnesota (and California I understand) you cannot use the suction cup mount on the windshield legally so you are limited to the mounting plate on the dash, ours came loose after less than 24hrs as soon as the temp outside got to 75 degrees. Mounting options need work.
The internet features show great promise but it needs work on the basic functions people expect from a GPS.
Not impressed June 15, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was one of the first customers, and tried the device for a few days to see if this is worth the monthly fee. I also own a number of other PNDs (Garmin, Megellan, TomTom) and an iPhone. I purchased this device because I am a big GPS fan, so I was curious to see what the device can do.
Compared to a Garmin Nuvi (which is my favorite), the interface is still a little clumsy, and road names / minor roads are difficult to decypher. The iPhone traffic (by Google) is more accurate for highways, and the routing choices of the dash device sometimes puzzled me. Integrating Yahoo local is nice, but I can't browse items on the map; I need to use a search window and the results are returned in a classical browser-like fashion. Finally, this is one big unit; I really like the small form factors of competing devices.
In the end, I didn't see why I should pay a monthly fee given that I can use my iPhone for traffic and local search. So I am now not using this device any more. The same device 2 years earlier would have been GREAT.
 Only GPS worthy of my dollars! June 14, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This device is great. It is the only GPS worthy of my dollars for commuting. If you commute, you know where you are going, so you don't really need a GPS. My TomTom was off 90% of the time I was in the car, just didn't need it. With Dash, even though the quality of the maps and voice is not great, it is a much more useful tool. My commute used to average around 1:10 every day. With the best selection of routes, I have been averaging 55 minutes now, saving me 1/2 hour every day. This is awesome. The other cool thing is checking all the different roads around me turning solid colors as more people get their systems. The Yahoo search is also very handy. I have used a couple dozen times so far with great results. Some other reviewer complains that is out of date; but then so is Yahoo and Google... Dash cannot do better than the Web. One minor problem: the "lady in the box" can't pronounce anything in Spanish, unintelligible.
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