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I contacted Dash and they informed me the seller knew it would not work. I received a broken navigation system. These systems holds accounts with Dash. It was sent back for refund as I was very disappointed. This navigation system was not defective. It could not be registered with Dash. Terrible service.
This is the worst GPS ever. This Dash SUCKS. Your trip resets and stops itself constantly.
It doesn't know how to take the fastest route. This thing is a JOKE. It can't find 60% of the addresses.
It directs you to make u-turns instead of just going the correct route. It can't find Highways that have been open for 15 years. It has 100's of options but only 1 or 2 actually function.
I owned an old Magellan from 99' and it was 20 times the GPS that the 2009 Dash is. DO NOT BUY THIS GPS.
I liked the DASH when I got it, and I liked the Yahoo local search feature.My DASH hasn't been responding to my touch for months, and no one at DASH has been able to help or is even responding to my requests. They are still charging my monthly subscription. I would stay away from them in future. Thanks.
This thing is worlds better than our Garmin (C580) we're retiring and at the price we paid as a result of Amazon clearing them, it is a steal compared to any of the current Garmins or TomToms that still do not offer a comprehensive and logical 2-way data stream service. I read a lot about the shortfalls and expected those to be something I lived with after getting it and setting it up. I found out about Dash a little late and considered not buying it due to Dash getting out of the hardware business, however the concept and the reviews seemed promising. A new $800 unit from Garmin doesn't do much more than our 4 year old Garmin did except cost more and have a bigger screen. Common complaints I read were the traffic service not functioning well, the Yahoo Local search being down a lot, slow startup, inaccurate or silly routing, etc. I have not had any of these problems and wonder if these reviews were written before several updates that have taken place or just due to user error (more common than you might think). Anyway, thus far my wife and I are very satisfied and it house taken us on some unique routes and gotten us out of a lot of traffic already. I would imagine if you don't live in a major metro this is not the unit for you, but I think I got a bargain and hope the service sticks around for many years to come.
There are 2 components to a dash GPS - the hardware and the service. Also being able to use a far more robust system to determine traffic by every Dash reporting back to dash central with road conditions. All of this forced Dash to make a hard decision. It is huge, slow, and just not user friendly. It was a tough choice, but probably the only one that would save the company. Once you use a Garmin Nuvi, you will be greatly disappointed with all the basic features that this just doesn't offer. First the bad, the device is awful. The flaw of this concept is the low adoption rate of the dash has meant that results are not great.
The service is where you begin to see how GPS should be. An always connected device that can do internet searches for what you you are near or looking for. Kill off the consumer based business and focus on a product that could be sold to other GPS manufacturers. Buying a Dash GPS today, may be a bit of a risk, but at least it is a lot cheaper then the $600 MSRP that they went for a a little over a year ago
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