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Personal navigation devices maker, Dash, is killing its GPS devices.

It will shift its focus from selling hardware-based GPS systems to just licensing its applications and services to run on other products.

Dash, which competes with Garmin and TomTom among others, launched its GPS device just earlier this year.

Dash started selling its products through its website for $400 in April. But its end seems to have come even before it could make it to its first holiday season. 

The company says it will now focus on licensing to onboard navigation system makers, smartphones, PDAs, mobile internet devices and other consumer electronics.

"From a navigation perspective, adding a GPS chip or connectivity is only a small part of the equation," said Rob Currie, CEO of Dash Navigation in a statement. "Delivering a connected service that provides daily consumer value and ensuring that the back-end infrastructure is in place to support it is very
complicated." And that’s where Dash says it will like to play in the future.

Unlike many of its competitors Dash offered two-way traffic information through a connected system of other Dash devices on the road. The device also allowed users to search for restaurants and other services through a partnership with Yahoo!

But in a competitive market facing larger rivals and strong price pressures, Dash never really found its footing, despite its innovative technology.

With its new strategy, the company may have found the only way to stay alive.

There have also been layoffs. Dash "eliminated" positions non-essential to supporting existing subscribers or driving new licensing
partnerships," it said.

"Given the
current economic environment, we believe that the greatest opportunities lie in
integrating our service into the broad array of connected devices on the market," said Currie.

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