The firm has been refining the Dash Express since May 2007 and plans to make a big push at CES. Robert Acker, Dash's senior vice president of marketing, says location-based services and wi-fi are a natural pairing.

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Clayton said the company might make a PR push for the North American market at some point in the second half of this year.

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