Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Pocket Streets and Trips 2005 Now Available: As a Stand Alone Product!
Posted by Pat Logsdon in "SOFTWARE" @ 11:10 AM
"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?
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?
