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One for the “impressive moments in tech history”: I just received a Dash GPS device for a review last week.  I’ve played with the device for a couple of days and now learn the product is out of production.  Even odder, driving around on lunch today, I was thinking they’ve nailed the connected idea for GPS and traffic, but lack in what Navigon has dialed: awesome guidance.  I was going to suggest a change in business models to something similar to TiVo, an alternative to pay more for a service you desire—like the best traffic info on the planet.

Sure, that is easy to say now.  Now it isn’t helpful or ground breaking.  In fact, it probably looks like I am lying out my rear end.

But no.  I would love to marry the traffic info and POI search of Yahoo local thanks to Dash to the Navigon unit.  To me, that is the best of both worlds as Navigon is top dog in my book for clear, concise guidance and I can’t say enough good things about the Dash traffic info.  And I am still going to review it as the tech is going to be licensed into other products (come on Navigon!).

A sad day for the Dash GPS team as they had the dream, delivered the product and then find perhaps the concept wasn’t spot on.  Here’s to hoping their brand of traffic and connectedness lives on.

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