10-20-2004, 07:10 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Pocket Streets and Trips 2005 Now Available: As a Stand Alone Product!
"Pocket Streets 2005 is available as a stand alone product in major retail stores and contains the Pocket PC and Smartphone versions. Previous versions of Pocket Streets were only available by purchasing a downloadable version from Handango.com or with the purchase of a Microsoft mapping product, such as MapPoint, Streets & Trips, or AutoRoute. The retail version of Pocket Streets 2005 will come with approximately 300 North America maps and 275 Western Europe maps right in the box. "
New features include:
� New Maps: Pocket Streets 2005 customers will be able to download new maps for Australia, Brazil, and Greece.
� New Scale Feature: Pocket Streets 2005 now features a measurement scale to help customers get a better idea of distance between locations.
� Improved User Interface: Makes it easier for customers to locate the information they need, switch between maps and GPS information, and open maps without going through the file manager every time.
� Zoom in or out to see just what you want on a map.
� Customize maps with personal points of interest.
� Search for destinations and addresses by using partial names and "roam" maps to search for points of interest.
� Link to a GPS device to indicate your realtime location on a map. You can easily switch back and forth between a map and GPS information, such as your current latitude and longitude.
� With your Pocket PC or Pocket PC Phone, you can copy maps to Microsoft Pocket Word to produce professional-looking agendas.
� With your Pocket PC or Pocket PC Phone, you can plot a contact's address or map the location of your calendar appointment.
� Opens with the most recently used map loaded instead of having to choose a map each time you open Pocket Streets.
While Microsoft has announced the availability of Pocket Streets and Trips, they've only just now gotten around to announcing that it can be purchased separately from desktop mapping programs. The price isn't all that bad, either - just $29.95 directly from Microsoft. What do you current users think? Are these upgrades enough to entice you?
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10-20-2004, 07:28 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 84
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So, I'm confused is Pocket Streets 2005 included with any of the desktop MS mapping programs? Or are only the older versions available? The press release is unusually ambiguous on this point, and I can't (easily) find any evidence one way or the other on this.
Is this simply another cash grab?
D.psi
edit Guess I should have read Jonathan's post as linked by Pat. It appears that the 2005 version is available in the desktop versions...
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10-20-2004, 08:07 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,221
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Personally, not interested. I still remember when you could download the program for free. Other than the GPS integration, it doesn't seem the program has really advanced that much since then. I don't understand why they haven't added map routing and directions. If they did, I might actually consider it. 'Til then, the only way I would probably pick this up is to upgrade my desktop version package.
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10-20-2004, 08:11 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 185
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Mates, for the first time you get a street directory for Sydney and other Australian cities at a decent price. The only other offering in the market asks for more than 100 US$ 8O and doesn't offer a better product...
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10-20-2004, 08:37 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 779
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It looks like just what you get included with the desktop Streets and Trips 2005 -- which can be gotten at Amazon for 34.99 (with free shipping) minus a 10.00 mail-in rebate for a final cost of 24.99. That's assuming that you can also download the out of North America maps for the version that comes with the desktop one?
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10-20-2004, 08:40 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 1
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Sorry, but I don't get it!!!
Why buying Pocket Street 2005 for "JUST" $29.95, when you can buy Streets & Trips 2005 (with Pocket Street 2005 included) for $29.44 at walmart.com:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=3327609
:bangin:
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10-20-2004, 08:52 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Originally Posted by HoustonPPC
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Welcome, HoustonPPC! That's actually a pretty good point. I went back and re-read the press release we were sent, and the price listed was "an estimated $24.95". Either they estimated wrong, or the price is a mistake. Not that $5 bucks makes that much difference, but still. :wink:
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10-20-2004, 09:17 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 267
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I am curently using the Mapopolis non-gps version and its very quick and responsive. I dont have a car to justify buying a BT GPS  .
For you guys that know, how does this product compare with Mapopolis ofr PPC?
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10-20-2004, 09:24 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 9
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This choice kind of sucks in my mind...
Mapopolis the PROGRAM is, IMHO, far superior to PS&T. But, Streets & Trips on the desktop is fantastic, and the ability to generate maps for the pocket version is great. I don't like Mapopolis' approach to the map data, if they had a way I could create my own map of an arbitrary area like I can from S&T, it would be an absolute winner.
I don't know how many times I've had to travel in an area and so I just went to S&T, created a map about twice as big as the area I'd be in, downloaded it to my X5 and off I went. If I had to go look up the zip code like I have to for Mapopolis (or so my understanding is, maybe I'm wrong?), I'd hate it.
Mapopolis costs quite a bit more too when you factor in the map data, so overall I go with S&T (as someone else said, just pay the $30 or so for the desktop version, the pocket version comes with it), even though as I said, the Mapopolis program is much better (faster, more feature-rich, etc).
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10-20-2004, 09:45 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,616
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I paid $25CAD for the desktop version of S&T2004, that came with Pocket Streets for free. $25USD or more for the Pocket version (even if it is generation newer) is too much.
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