Comments on: RIM Paid $8.3M for Dash: Proof That Hardware Is a Risky Business

By: We Called It: RIM buys Gist : Tech News and Analysis «

We Called It: RIM buys Gist : Tech News and Analysis « — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:07:38 +0000

[...] Gist changes the trajectory of RIM. The handset maker has made several acquisitions such as the $8.3 million buy of connected navigation company Dash, WebKit browser experts Torch Mobile, and UI shop The Astonishing Tribe and has a tablet launching [...]

By: How much did RIM acquire Dash for? - Quora

How much did RIM acquire Dash for? - Quora — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:56:46 +0000

[...] Cheung, will work for upvotes. RIM paid $8.3 million for Dash, according to GigaOm:http://gigaom.com/2009/06/29/if-…Insert a dynamic date hereView All 0 CommentsCannot add comment at this [...]

By: RIM In Talks To Buy Gist « The BAT Channel

RIM In Talks To Buy Gist « The BAT Channel — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:57:08 +0000

[...] as it has started to face intense competition from more Internet-savvy rivals, Apple and Google It acquired Dash for $3.8 million in 2009, and followed up with Torch Mobile and earlier this month it acquired Swedish design-house, The [...]

By: RIM In Talks To Buy Gist: Tech News «

RIM In Talks To Buy Gist: Tech News « — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:40:14 +0000

By: Internet Evolution - Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World - A 'Dash' of BlackBerry Data Integration

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:31:32 +0000

[...] immediately thought about RIM's purchase of DASH Express (out-of-date Website). DASH sold its own in-vehicle GPS device incorporating GPRS [...]

By: What Is It About e-Readers?

What Is It About e-Readers? — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:22:56 +0000

[...] can we expect? Dash Navigation with its personal navigation system and a $15 monthly subscription wasn’t a success, but I think it was the subscription, not the connectivity on a personal navigation device, that [...]

By: SmartPhones Sales Up, But Mobile Startup Funding Down

SmartPhones Sales Up, But Mobile Startup Funding Down — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:51:30 +0000

[...] acquisitions though many of them were small and included Amazon’s acquisition of SnapTell or RIM’s acquisition of Dash Navigation for $8.3 million. I wonder if the current iTunes App store fiasco is going to dampen investments in the mobile [...]

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:19:22 +0000

So the VCs lost 88% on their investment. What happened to the people that ran this company? The executive team. I guess everyone else got cut in Nov, 08; a couple of months after the DOW, NASDAQ and S&P crashed.

By: This Week in BlackBerry #62 « This Week in BlackBerry

This Week in BlackBerry #62 « This Week in BlackBerry — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:39:35 +0000

[...] Despite RIM’s veil of secrecy, it is thought to have purchased Dash for a deeply discounted $8.3M after Dash had garnered about $71M in venture capital. Dash started out making a web-based navigation device that offered directions as well as user recommendations and real-time traffic information based on data gleaned from other Dash devices on the road. User adoption was slow, likely because the device carried a $600 price tag (later reduced to $399), but the service won praise from many reviewers.Gigaom [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:54:56 +0000

I was a beta tester for the Dash. My experience was good overall, the test units were big and bulky and the released unit wasn’t much better, but they did make many changes that the beta testers suggested. To me, the thing that killed it was the monthly fee, nobody wants to pay a monthly fee for a navigation system, no matter what it does. As reward for the beta testing, I was able to buy one at a significantly reduced price, but passed simply because of the monthly fee. I think that is why the adoption was slow, the software was great, the price was not. If RIM can integrate most of the features the Dash had in it into BlackBerry devices it will be a nice feature set for them.