Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 Win CE English NA & Euro Only CD

by Microsoft

Product Features

• View maps using zoom and pan features.
• Find addresses, named places, or your own custom 'pushpins.
• Download maps from the Internet.
• Use maps from Microsoft Streets & Trips, Microsoft Autoroute, or Microsoft MapPoint.
• Use a Bluetooth-enabled GPS receiver with your Windows Mobile software and your Bluetooth-enabled device.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002UEDUG
• Item model number: H25-00008
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 6, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,537 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Transform your Windows Mobile powered device into a personal guide to thousands of cities in North America and Western Europe. You may not speak the local language, but you won't get lost with your trusty Pocket PC or Smartphone by your side.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars May Be Better Off With FULL Version of Streets and Trips, May 3, 2005

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Chad (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 Win CE English NA & Euro Only CD (CD-ROM)

Overall, an okay product. Many people complain their street isn't shown or recent construction isn't shown, but it takes about 3 years for new mapping data to make it all the way from satellite imagery, to purchasable data for companies like Microsoft to obtain, and then into their finalized product. So, if that new road, neighborhood, etc. has been there less than 3 years, then you really cannot expect it to be in Pocket Streets.

If you purchase the full desktop version of Microsoft Streets and Trips then you're given the option to install the Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 during installation of the full version. So, unless you ONLY want Pocket Streets, you're better off buying the full desktop version and installing it on your Pocket PC that way. Then you'll have a PC and a Pocket PC version of it and also have the ability to export maps from the full version to your Pocket version.

If you don't live in a major metropolitan area then the map of where you live will not be on the CD-ROM. You'll have to use the full desktop version of Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 and export the map(s) you need.

The only change I would make to how the software works (other than the adding additional maps for those of us who don't live in major cities) is voice prompts. What's the point of having a PDA with GPS and Pocket Streets if I can't have it prompt me when to make a turn.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the PDA software you need., December 12, 2004

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D. Ferrer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 Win CE English NA & Euro Only CD (CD-ROM)

There is no search or travel direction capability. You have to download every states and need to know what "county" the address you are looking for(like in CA, you have LA, west,east or what?). A rip off by Microsoft for $29 dollars.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but...., October 12, 2004

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T. Singletary - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Pocket Streets 2005 Win CE English NA & Euro Only CD (CD-ROM)

The software doesn't offer voice navigation, which makes it impossible (or very dangerous) to use alone while driving. Also, not as intuitive as Mapopolis and Tom Tom, especially when using on a pocket pc.