Dash Navigation was a start-up based in Mountain View, California that produced devices and software for in- car navigation systems. Their first product was

Dash Express The Dash Express was an Internet-enabled personal navigation device manufactured by Dash Navigation Dash Express transmitted information using a GPRS General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G an ...

. In January, 2007 Dash Express won "Best of CES" awards from both

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and LAPTOP Magazine. The company was also named an Innovations 2007 honoree by the

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Hardware

The company used Sparkfactor Design for the Product Design (Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering). Dash Express was released to the general public in March 2008.

Acquisition

In June 2009 Dash announced an acquisition by

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for an undisclosed amount. RIM discontinued service and support of the Dash Express product effective June 30, 2010.

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External links

Dash Homepage
Wireless networking 2009 mergers and acquisitions