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13 of 16 customers found the following review helpful:
 Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006, 2006-02-16
Product was fairly straightforward to install. It was DIFFICULT, however, to get a simple SHORTCUT for the desktop. Typical Microsoft nonsense I suppose.
As far as using the product it is relatively easy.
Product is, however, very rigid. If you divert a bit from the recommended route, it cannot help you re_route or find another way.
Also, the instructions are spoken very rapidly, making them difficult to comprehend in a car. And the volume is not adjustable. Thankfully, the instructions are written below the map if needed.
Overall, it works. But it could be SO much better if the routing would adjust to a new route and if the instructions were louder and spoken more slowly.
17 of 19 customers found the following review helpful:
Streets & Trips vs Garmin MapSource (nRoute), 2006-02-12
I recently had the opportunity to travel with the Garmin MapSource (actually the program used is nRoute). Being impressed I went to buy my own copy, but was discrouaged by the lack of NMEA compliance in the GPS sensor. I bought Streets & Trips instead, and traveled much the same route. These are my findings:
nRoute places the driving guidance pane on the top of the display, S&T places it at the bottom. I found it more ergonomic on the top of the screen. S&T does not allow you to arrange the position of the panes, nor resize them (unsure if nRoute does this either).
In addition to distances, nRoute gives you estimated times until a maneuver needs to be performed. S&T has no time based predictions. In fact, S&T is severly lacking on time features. The only way to figure out the predicted time of arrival is to set your "driving day" preferences. S&T then calculates at what time each menuever will be performed, and the arrival time. Or course, if you leave at a different time, you have to go back and set your "driving day" to match your departure time. If you get stuck in traffic, too bad. S&T will not recalculate. nRoute does this.
Like nRoute, S&T has a nightime map (switches the background to black to reduce glare). nRoute does this automatically at a preprogrammed time that you select. With S&T you have to select View, Map, nightime. Annoying when you are driving. Also, the map is the only thing with a nighttime mode. The GPS task pane is still super-bright, along with the toolbars. In short, the nighttime mode in S&T is not very helpful.
Now for the upside. S&T actually runs on my PII 300mHz with 64mb of RAM and Windows 98. Consequently, I do give the software some credit. It may not have the time predicting, but I'm not sure how well that would work on my computer. Sometimes the map will stall when in a dense area (NYC for example) and you will lose the indicator that shows your location on the map. However, the driving guidance still works flawlessly. You may not have a pictoral view, but when it says "Turn right in 100 yards", it is dead on. Incidentally, zooming the map in will correct the stalling problem, but doesn't give you much idea of where you are going.
Lastly, voice prompting doesn't work in win98 (at least not without 3rd party software, and even then, I doubt it would). Not really a problem for me, BUT.. if you don't use voice prompting, you don't get any audible prompts! Not even a beep! COnsequently, you are always looking down to make sure you are on track. Seems pretty stupid not to program a simple system beep when a maneuver is coming up. The lack of configurability is dumbfounding considering MS Word has so much annoying functionality (a talking paperclip?)
So, I give it 3 stars. Not much functionality (consequently the manual is tiny and not worth the read), but it runs on low-powered computers and has an NMEA compliant GPS sensor. Shocking on both accounts.. for a Microsoft product.
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 Great product!, 2006-02-08
I received MSS&T w/GPS yesterday afternoon, installed it, jumped in my car and voila, the gps connected and I was driving around town with the little voice prompts telling me where to go (instead of my wife). The gps appears to be very accurate and I do have some of the same concerns as other reviewers with the software itself because I have used multiple previous versions which had some features which were better. My only negative thus far is the little suction cup on the usb cable which I cannot get to stay attached to the windshield. Velcro is probably the solution.
7 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
A good review from a 2005 user who upgraded, 2006-02-06
As a user of Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005, I found software a deal at around $40. I already had the GPS from the 2005 version.
New version has voice prompts and Dynamic View (zooms to the turn - so I don't have to anymore) - a great feature that adds safety because i usually did that myself while I drove.
I find the product to be great. I travel to new states every week with work and streets and trips always gets me there.
On 1st use, be careful though. I installed 2006 version & programmed all my destinations. I got on the plane; but, once in my rental car I plugged in the GPS... Ouch... It needed to access the internet to configure the GPS that was already configured before I installed the 2006 version. Luckily my hotel was close. I used the map to get there; but, the GPS was useless until then. I was quit perturbed. Installation was immediate once I has a net connection.
Pros: New voice commands, Dunamic Zoomm Finds most everything with no problems.
Cons: Is not always 100% accurate with restaurants and newer intersections.
3 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
Excellent stuff , 2006-01-31
This GPS is awesome. For the price is too good to be true. Only problem is that my laptop is around 8 pounds to its kinda huge to carry around, but it is worth it. Usually I used to take a print out from mapquest and run around, this is so much easier.
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