Dash Express Lowered To $299

by Amy Gilroy -- TWICE, 6/5/2008

Sunnyvale, Calif. — The price of Dash Navigation’s Dash Express, hailed as the industry’s first two-way, always-on, cellular connected, personal navigation device (PND), has been lowered in limited promotions to $299 at the two key outlets where it is available: Amazon.com and Crutchfield, according to the retailers’ Web sites.

Since its $100 price reduction from $399 earlier this week, the Dash Express is now ranked as the No. 20 best-selling device on Amazon.com; in May it was ranked No. 97.

Dash Navigation confirmed that Amazon.com “is running a special limited-time Father’s Day promotion on a number of GPS devices,” but said that the Dash Express is still $399 on the Dash.net site, according to a spokeswoman.

Crutchfield, however, confirmed that it too is running a limited-time promotion at $299 for the high-tech PND.

Introduced in April, the Dash Express incorporates cellular and Wi-Fi modems. It not only delivers traffic reports but it monitors each of its user's road-speed data as they travel. It reports the road-speed information to other Dash users within minutes, creating local traffic reports even on smaller back roads.

The first-of-its-kind device is being closely watched by PND makers to gauge the market demand for two-way traffic technology.

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Featured Company

Shopatron

Shopatron is the world's leading provider of global eCommerce for consumer goods. With Shopatron, orders placed on branded websites are offered to a managed network of global partners for fulfillment, typically for assignment to local retailers. Local fulfillment translates to..more