Comments on: Dash Express – Automotive Genius

By: Eric Scouten: Blog » Blog Archive » Personal Driving Assistants?

Eric Scouten: Blog » Blog Archive » Personal Driving Assistants? — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:50:45 +0000

[...] Paul Stamatiou wrote last week about the upcoming Dash Express. It’s an in-car GPS navigation system that is Internet-powered. [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:18:39 +0000

Wow. This looks hot. Thanks for the pointer!

By: Rob Schultz

Rob Schultz — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:31:56 +0000

The last 2 cars that I owned (2003 Nissan Murano and 2004 Mazda RX8) both had OEM navigation systems that worked well, however, when I would travel for work I had to go without a GPS system, and that’s when I would say I needed it the most. So when I bought my 2007 Lincoln MKZ, I decided to opt for a portable unit.

The one that caught my eye was the Garmin nÃ¼vi 680. I love it’s weather and traffic alerts as well as the bluetooth sync with the phone. Most of my friends favorite feature is the voice options…currently, I’m directed around town by a rather stiff sounding English man.

Great sounding device. I’m looking forward to reading more about it’s release!

By: Travis Vocino

Travis Vocino — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:03:32 +0000

Pretty decent for an add-on solution.

By: Andy Atkinson

Andy Atkinson — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:19:29 +0000

Hi Paul. Did you sign up for the Dash Express beta test that was linked to from slashdot several months back? I did but was not selected unfortunately. This device and this company seem to “get” technology and have built an interesting project. Definitely a company to pay attention to, there is still lots of room for innovation in the car computer/GPS area.

By: Thanasi

Thanasi — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:57:37 +0000

HA! Do I use any gadgets in my car! I’m running a PPC G4 Mac mini (your old one Paul), with a 7″ touch screen custom fitted to the double din area my head unit used to occupy.

As part of this, I’ve mounted a Griffin PowerMate USB rotary knob to my steering wheel (volume control), and have integrated a USB port into an unused accessory slot in the dash (I think it would be for seat warmers if I had them), so that I can connect an iPod, flash drive, NES controller for playing emulators, etc. I also have a palm sized QWERTY keyboard on a retractable cable installed in the ashtray which slides open and closed, as well as a bluetooth mouse for when it’s necessary. Next on the shopping list is a GPS receiver, but Dash sounds good enough for me to consider it over the integrated solution!

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:30:34 +0000

I have an iPod video, which is my only gadget right now.. :-)
Google maps is very good, and I usually check it before I go anywhere, because I have a ‘regular’ cell phone, not a smart phone :o

By: Emanuele

Emanuele — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:47:56 +0000

Here in Italy there’s a huge breakthrough in GPS devices. The most used is TomTom. In my car I use TomTom Mobile on a N70 cellphone paired with a bluetooth GPS antenna and it’s incredibly useful.

Of course I’ve also an iPod ;-)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:44:04 +0000

My iPhone’s Google Maps works well for me. It’s not real-time, but it delivers turn-by-turn directions which is neat.

By: Kory Twaites

Kory Twaites — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:53:16 +0000

Besides my ipod adapter no other gadgets… This is a huge breakthrough in GPS devices!!! I want one and I’m pretty good with directions. I think the concept that they came up with, and the approach that they’re taking towards this will rocket them right up to the top of the list with other GPS devices!