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Netflix streaming support coming to the Sony Dash

Sony originally unveiled the Dash during CES and it is expected to be available in April at which time it will retail for $199. As far as what the Dash does, well, think Chumby — but for grown ups. In reality it will allow the user to do things like have access to the weather, more »

Sony Dash becomes the ultimate alarm clock

At first looks, the Sony Dash is a fancy picture frame. But when you get down to it, the Dash is what every geek and non-geek will want on their bed-side table. The 7-inch touch screen will give you access to over 1,000 internet applications thanks to Chubby to provide weather, traffic, sports, social networking, more »

HTC S522 passes through the FCC, looks to be heading to T-Mobile as the Dash

The HTC Snap, which is shown by the codename of MAPL100 or Maple in the FCC listing seems like it is ultimately going to end with with T-Mobile as the Dash. As far as the FCC listing, we can comfortably say it is headed to T-Mobile due to the support for 3G on the 1700MHz more »

First look: TeleNav Shotgun

The helpful folks at TeleNav shot me out their new Shotgun and here are my first impressions. If you are planning on buying a GPS device this holiday season, this is one to watch carefully. I’ve had the device in my hands now for about 30 minutes and already am very excited about it for 3 main reasons.

Excitement reason #1: POIs

TeleNav says it has 11 million POIs. The local Ikea, for some reason, shows up on no GPS devices that I have tested except my TeleNav phone GPS. No surprise that the Shotgun finds it easily as well. So far, the TeleNav’s connected search has always been able to find every location I’ve searched for. I cannot say the same for Garmin, Navigon and Dash. Keep reading about what other points make the Shotgun a damn good GPS.

TeleNav goes beyond the phone: intros new Shotgun stand alone GPS

TeleNav, the on-phone GPS provider that I rely on, announced this morning they are in the connected GPS game. This news comes on the heels of Dash GPS announcing they were done making their stand along connected GPS device. Let’s get to it: how good is this GPS device?

From the looks of it, pretty good. A connected GPS device is the way to go. Static data trapped in a box isn’t helpful. What is helpful is a device that reaches out to get new info, expand its searches. And that is what the TeleNav Shotgun is.

Check the connected features of this GPS device.

“make a u-turn” says Dash GPS

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 more »

Dash Express software receives much needed update

The good manufacturers of the Dash Express have been hard at work updating the software. There a few main updates to the system, which are sure to make the Dash Express even more popular. One of the first updates involves something called MyRoute, which studies a route you go on often and figures out ways more »

T-Mobile Dash owners quietly receive new batteries

Owners of the T-Mobile Dash has been receiving little gifts in the mail as of late, which are coming in the form of new batteries. It turns out that the current batteries that were made by Dynapack are experiencing some issues with overheating, the new batteries are made by Celxpert. While T-Mobile claims the issue more »