- Jon in SF

jbauer

- Jon in SF

jbauer

I want to address the issue that "The Brain" brought up, which is privacy. We take the issue of privacy very seriously. We have designed the device so that when data is sent back to Dash about traffic conditions it is anonymous data. We actually anonymize this information at the device before it is sent back to us.

We are going to actively engage electronic privacy groups (like the EFF) to validate that we are, in fact, only sending anonymous data.

MarkW

As for the cell link, it probably has a usb port and hooks into your cell's data cable, or maybe its own GRPS radio built in and a SIM slot.

RSS would be amazing, though. I'd just set it up next to my bed and get my gmail and all the latest news from the giz without my head leaving the pillow!

rimplestultskin

Could someone enlighten us to the storage capability of these things?

ksat

They gonna roll over if a judge asks for it?

...eh... I don't think I'm down with all that. I'm already trying to figure out how to yank the black box in my car.

The Brain

This is Mark Williamson from Dash. I just saw a few comments asking about what happens when you don't have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. I just wanted to let you all know that the device still functions without a connection. All our maps and routing capabilities are stored locally, so these are independant of connection status.

MarkW

sygyzy

Spiny Norman

What would totally rock is if it would buffer the 'stuff' ahead of you a few miles at a time. You know, like a portable CD player would buffer 8 seconds of music ahead of what its actually playing, I would love to see this thing have some built in storage to buffer the surrounding 50 miles of information or so. This could be user configurable as to the type of information that is buffered. Point of interest information doesn't take that much space, however, live traffic information and the like would be unavailable in a dead zone.

ksat

Also, I'm tired of loading maps on my Navman (icn-510) when going somewhere (another state/country). I'd be interested to know if i'm going to another country that has yahoo maps, if this would just work. (with wifi access)

And I'm not into the subscription model either. I'm happy to pay good $$ up front, with no ongoing costs. That means I'm not interested in a phone plan for my GPS unit.

nzruss

homerjay

Compact

WCD_Thor

suprfli

AqueousBeef

AqueousBeef

AqueousBeef