Dash Express: Program Your GPS By Voice

Given the fact I carry at least one GPS-enabled phone, I don’t spend much time looking at–or caring about standalone GPS devices. However, the email I got from the folks at Dash got my attention.

The thing I find particularly compelling about this GPS is that you can program it with your voice! Simply dial a number and speak where you want to go. Within seconds, the GPS will be programmed for you!

For this and a lot of the other cool, Internet-connected features this GPS offers, you also have to fork over money for a connection plan, either for up to 2 years up-front, or at $12.99 a month.

Makes me wonder, though, why I can’t use the sound of my voice to program the GPS on my phone?