What? You thought we were done giving away shiny new gear just because the Bold giveaway is over? Not a chance. We’re busy deliberating and getting ready to announce the winner but that doesn’t mean we can’t hand out some more free goodies in the mean time. How does a brand spanking new Dash Express GPS sound? That’s right people, the first internet-connected GPS navigation unit in the US can be yours for the low low price of absolutely nothing. We’ve talked about the Dash Express before and even gave you a walkthrough in our gallery. We showed you that it was the first GPS unit capable of being updated wirelessly and that Dash even provides an open API allowing for third-party app development. Tons of developers have answered the call so far and have issued great apps like the one by Trulia seen in the video above. So what else is left for us to do? Oh yeah, give one away. Lucky for you there’s no need to bash, smash, crush, shoot or blow anything up this time. Official rules as follows:

• The Dash Express GPS giveaway will run until Monday September 1st at 11:59PM EST.
• All you have to do to enter is post a comment below — no really, that’s it!
• Please enter once and only once. If you try to enter more than once we might have to smash you.

Good luck!

Dash Express users are about to receive a software update and it’s a doozy. For those of you in the market for a new GPS unit, take notice as this already-capable internet-connected portable unit from Dash gets some new functionality that makes navigation much more user friendly. First and foremost, the update process itself is noteworthy. Pulling your GPS unit from your car and connecting it to a computer is so last year. Simply connect the Dash Express to a WiFi network and the update will take place automatically. As a side note, couple the Dash Express with a mobile application like JoikuSpot Light and you have an always-connected unit with some amazing capability, especially now that the Dash API is open. Back to the matter at hand, one of the key features included in this update is called MyRoute. Dash recognizes that users often know shortcuts that may not be recommended by the GPS unit. As such, the Dash Express can now record your route to your destination and save it as an available routing option along with the recommended Dash route and a third detour-route option. What’s more, Dash will automatically analyze current traffic data and take traffic info into account when recommending a route. There are a bunch of other enhancements in this update such as FasterFind for quicker GPS locks and a variety of performance and UI tweaks. Dash is definitely a company to keep your eye on as we don’t see them slowing down any time soon.

[Via Press Release]

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