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The final pieces are falling into place for Dash, which finished with the Dash Express public beta and finally has a price for the unit and service. Prepared to plunk down $600 for the device and $13 per month? (That’s month to month, or you can do $11 for a one year, or $10 for two years — not unlike TiVo.) If so, expect yours in February.
 
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newVideoPlayer(“dashincar.flv”, 475, 286);The big news today is that the eagerly anticipated Dash Express is available for pre-order for $599 with three months of free two-way GPRS information and traffic service. After that, the service will cost $10 to $13 monthly on top of that. Pricey to be sure, but the newly unveiled features solidify the Dash’s reputation as a turn-by-turn GPS navigator unlike anything seen before:
• MyDash web interface lets you plan routes, browse through geoRSS feeds of different recommended destinations, and create Yahoo! search criteria (sushi restaurants in Boulder, CO) that you can send to the Express navigator as a search button. MyDash also offers user-generated searches and lists as well as static POS. It will soon feature third-party navigational POI lists as well, all options that you can choose to put on your system—or not. The coolest thing is, you don’t have to think about these different sources [...]

Original post by Wilson Rothman