"Introducing Dash Express, the first two-way, Internet-connected GPS navigation system. Dash delivers traffic and destination information in exciting new ways, and offers a wide range of new capabilities available from the car that makes a typical GPS practically obsolete. Dash is the smartest way to get from A to B, and find everything in between."

Seriously, watch the intro video. This is what a GPS should be. Blows the existing TomTom, Navman, Garmin offerings right out of the water. Of course, it's US only right now :(

"Imagine buying a used car with a car phone in it. It’s not exactly a feature you would brag to your friends about. Outdated technology sharply reduces the resale value of a car. As a result, auto manufacturers are shying away from installing in-dash navigation systems. "

True, but there are many things you can do with an in-built system that you can't with an external one, not to mention it makes GPS unit theft a lot harder. We need to go back to the world of standardised double-DIN holes for these kind of things, then it would be much easier to swap them out.

"...a group of researchers issued a report on future transportation policy that recommended the growing British traffic problem be solved by tracking every car on the road with GPS...The researchers say that satellite-tracking will allow for variable speed limits and road-user access charges, making for faster journeys and fewer carbon emissions."

How ridiculous. I can't begin to think of the privacy implications. Everyone else seems to be able to handle traffic with other devices, such as under-road triggering devices...