Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 - Software Publisher's Description:
Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 review:1 stars (Poor selection of maps) - I purchased this program recently, and was very disappointed. The maps are very limited...for example, most of the major tourist areas (beaches, Newport, ect.) in Rhode Island are cut out of the RI map. I recommend buying MS Streets and Trips 2005 (which includes Pocket Streets 2005 in the box) instead: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002DOEAM/qid=1121691049/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-6971135-7476654?v=glance&s=pc&n=507846
With this program, you have the entire USA at your disposal, and you can select which maps to send to your pocket pc or smartphone.
Fortunatly, the store that sold me Pocket Streets allowed me to exchange it for Streets and Trips (after paying the difference). The prices are very close. 1 stars (Should be zero stars) - This product is nothing like the desktop version of the software. So limited in functions, you might as well have a paper map. 1 stars (An utter embarrassment.) - This app is just horrendous. It is literally NOTHING more than a moving map; I'm serious. There are NO features at all. To make things worse, when zoomed out, the display is littered with the names of every little village and hamlet you've never heard of, leaving the names of recognizable towns a cities nowhere to be found. Also, at these zoom levels, most roads, streets and highways are not visible, making navigation impossible. This app does not even come close to qualifying as a GPS nav system. Even as a 'moving map' it's pretty well useless unless you're zoomed into about 300 yards. Even though this app was a freebie included with Trips and Streets 2005 (which is a VERY nice, capable app.), it's still maddening that Microsoft would allow such a eggregiously lame program to be released. If it were possible to give this program negative stars AND charge Microsoft with a crime, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 Features: Computer software (programs) Reference Maps (Mapping) Travel Planners (Planning) Route Map Info (Mapinfo) PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Software Windows CE (WinCE Win CE) Pocket PC PocketPC Travel Compaq Cassiopeia IPAQ Jornada Handheld (Hand Held) Utilities CD
Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 19.99USD.