Editorial Review

Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 is the customizable trip planning software that helps you get accurate directions, easily explore new areas and find the services you want and need along the way. With more personalized trip planning features than online mapping sites, and complete map coverage of both the USA and Canada, Streets and Maps 2006 will quickly prove to be an indispensable companion for all of your trips.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM
• Customizable trip-planning software with updated maps for U.S. and Canada
• Easily find hotels, ATMs, and more with over 1.8 million points of interest
• Plan trips and calculate mileage, time, and expenses; door-to-door directions
• Easily explore new areas; add multiple destinations and quickly alter route
• More than 5.4 million miles of routable roads and highways

Reviews (59)

OK but Don't Bet Your Life On It!!
I've purchased the latest S&T for the last 4 maybe 5 years and have become somewhat dependent on it for accurate routing whenever I thought we needed directions.In the past, one attribute of the program always annoyed me, namely, the strange text directions.I still read them a couple times, print them, grab a yellow highlighter and select the text that made sense.Then I augment the directions with my own notes in the margin.I could never figure out why msoft needed 5 instructions to tell me to stay on the same route.If you've ever used the product, you know what I mean.With this latest version, that problem/issue still persists but there's something new: errors and wrong directions!!I usually compare "fastest" to "shortest" routes.I have seen numerous cases where I had to trick the software to show me the most correct route.An example would be selecting the wrong direction off an exit of an interstate or even better, routing you in the oppposite direction to get to a road when there is a more direct route.I always update the traffic/highway info everytime.The GPS interface works fine; would be nice to have voices but I really don't miss that feature.Biggest impression: my wife and I have learned to not blindly trust it but rather we challenge every turn and pay very close to what it is telling us as we approach decision points.This year I almost went to Delorme but its reviews were even more disappointing.

Probably OK for planning, horrible in the car
I have substantial experience with both the Toyota and Honda in-car GPS systems and frankly feel somewhat lost in a car without one.
Installation problem
I tried install the software into my laptop for 3 hours.the software would find some registry errors in my windows and quits.I was not able to install the software into my computer. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Mapping solution with fast routing engine for all major handheld platforms
• Provides street maps for the entire U.S. to create address-to-address routes
• Supports Palm OS, Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile PDAs and phones
• 268,000+ new roads; expanded highway exit services and other places of interest
• Supports hot-synching maps to a Palm OS external media card

Reviews (15)

Just plain awful
This software is simply unusable. The routes generated on the PDA bear no relationship to reality, the verbal instructions to turn occur as you are passing the turn, not before, and the tech support just ignores you. Avoid at all costs.

Price is the only draw to this package
If price is the key to your buying decision, then this is the package for you.If ease of use and reliability are more your bag, keep looking.This review is based on the PALM version of the software.
PDA software can't even find street addresses!
First, I'm a computer geek and should otherwise know what I'm doing with software. I have purchased several DeLorme products before, including Topo USA twice (great software!) and the non-handheld version of Street Atlas.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Import crucial data from a PC or handheld to your cellular phone, or vice versa
• Create, edit, share and transfer contact information on the go, or at home
• Also lets you use a celphone as a wireless modem, so you can check your email or go online anywhere
• Integrates easily with Outlook, Outlook Express, ACT! and many Palm software tools
• Compatible with over multiple Sanyo cell phone models

Reviews (8)

Not worth it.
What a rip off! You can download updates for 6 months for free. Most people get a new phone in 1-2 years. Guess what? Your new phone will not work with the old software! They will give you a "promotional" (read SUCKER) discount that "allows" you to purchase the latest versionn that will work with your phone for $27.00. Gee thanks....NOT! Don't waste your money with this company's product.

Datapilot Cell Phone Data Transfer Suite Sanyo USB
I am totslly satisfied with tis product it made transfer of my phone book easy. It was easy to use. I recommend it to anyone who upgrades a cell phone and needs to transfer data.

Just throw your money out the window now, it'll save time
Too bad we can't give a negative number of stars.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Learn Italian, French, Spanish, or German words and phrases
• A flash card program but without 3 x 5 paper cards and no boring repetition
• Take your lists with you on your Palm or Pocket PC device
• Based on advanced learning algorithms; focuses on material you need the most work on
• Includes 1000 words and over 250 phrases per language

Reviews (3)

Great vocabulary builder.
Before You Know It uses the flashcard method of teaching vocabulary four ways. Words and phrases are divided into lists by category. User selects a list then goes to the activity of choice to learn the contents of that list. There are a few more activities available in the Deluxe version that the free trial version doesn't have, but both versions use virtual flashcards the following way:
Good concept. Poor implementation. Horrible customer support
Well first of all when I got this software I absolutely loved it. Spent few days and it really worked (I learned few hundreds words or so). Nice user inteface. Very simple (sometimes to simple, it could benefit from few advanced options). But none the less I liked it. When I started to advance and type words faster I discovered few problems like: program will hung if you type to fast (or if you turn cards to fast), some minor (but very annoying problems with editor). So I mailed couple feedbacks, request, etc. explaining the problem in details, asking whether fix/update is available and stuff. Hardly get any responce. They basically told me to reinstall it.
Innovative and Very Intuitive
This product is absolutely amazing. It is an extremely useful educational tool for language learning and much more. The Before You Know It Multipack is designed for language learning, especially vocabulary, by basically using electronic flashcards. The Multipack version includes an enormous amount of content for Spanish, French, Italian and German languages and is a good place to start learning the languages or for studying/refreshing. Now this is great for language learning but in my opinion the best feature of this program is the ability to make your own electronic flashcards for anything and you can also share them with friends through email and on Palm Pilots. To me this is a must have for studying anything that you need to memorize. It is so useful and very helpful in these aspects. It also shows you the cards you have the most trouble learning more frequently than the ones that you do not have trouble remembering which in the end means that you will have a very effective studying method. This program is very user friendly, simple to use and has plethora of uses. I believe that even ifyou do not want the language aspects the program, it is still more than worth having just because of the ability to create your own cards. Ideal for students, teachers, and anything else that requires memorization. Have no doubts, Before You Know It definitely earns its 5-star rating. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Revolutionary software technology powered by state-of-the-art speech recognition engine
• Contains over 2,825 of the most commonly used phrases per language
• Generates voice translation of your English speech simultaneously
• Bidirectional dictionaries deliver 400,000+ word translations and expressions per language
• Voice-to-voice and text-to-voice translation technology

Reviews (1)

Disappointed
Advertised to voice translate on Palm OS system as well as pocket PC but the voice to voice translation only works on the pocket PC (too bad I own the palm!) Otherwise, all you get is a talking dictionary (not impressed).I wanted a voice-operated translator, I got a dictionary. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Navigation and travel information software for your Palm device
• Download over 1000 U.S. maps from pdastreetfinder.com
• Search for addresses with street-level detail
• Personalize your maps with color schemes and map markers with icons
• Includes Mobil Travel Guide for locating hotels, restaurants, and points-of-interest

Reviews (5)

Stay away
This product does not even deserve one star but you can't go any lower.Everything said by the other reviewers is true.The interface is bad.The maps are not very good compared to other programs and they print worse than they look, especially if they are rendered on a b&w laser instead of a color printer.I went back to using my 5 year old Delorme program that is vastly superior to this junk.
Pure Junk
Ditto to the other reviews.Misleading packaging.This is a worthless program that takes forever to load.

Don't By This!!! Streets and Trips is vastly better-
I bought this as an add on to my Tungsten E, what a mistake. I already own Streets and Trips from MS and use it instead of Yahoo or Mapquest. Streets, how ever does not load to Palm devices. This program is terrible. The user interface is crap. In trip planning for example, there is a time estimates, but there's no profiles for freeways v. side roads. Also you can't plan a trip based on start times, a handy feature for long trips.Stops can be added as appointments, and it routes you to your stops, but you don't know how long it might take to get there. It also has no calculated road expense. Like entering the cost of the gas and your mileage and then getting a trip profile that shows you how long and how much you can plan to spend on your trip. Simple stuff like that.
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Editorial Review

Street Maps & Vacation Planner turns any Palm (Palm OS 3.0 or later) or Pocket PC handheld into a personal navigation device. This handy program comes with a range of street-level, city, state, and U.S. maps, making vacation planning and road travel a snap. One of the planner's most useful features is the ability to easily export static maps from your PC right to your handheld, putting an incredible range of mapping capabilities in the palm of your hand!Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Explore a full-color map of the U.S., and zoom in on any section
• Find the address of any house in the country
• Map out a cross-country journey with the tools here
• Includes listings of city streets, national landmarks, and historical sites
• Calculate distances to figure out driving time and mileage

Reviews (5)

Okay Desktop, poor PDA
This product is okay when used as a reference tool on your desktop computer.However, to reiterate and reinforce other reviews it is misleading and a poor tool for your PDA.You are only allowed to save static maps to your PDA.Once the map is on your PDA you can not zoom or view street names, which makes the product highly useless on your portable device.I give the product one star only because it is usefull when used on the desktop computer.Since it's target audience seems to be the PDA user the company misrepresents the usefullness of the product on the PDA.I am very displeased.I highly recommend not purchasing this product if you intend to use it on you PDA as it is purely junk in that respect.

Absolutely worthless
This software would have been a marvel twenty-five years ago.I couldn't return my copy fast enough.The details that they say are downloadable from the web are not there.Rather than Streets Maps & Vacation Planner buy a good old fashioned paper map.It is far better.

Useless -- maps static and at least 5 years old
Not only are the maps not interactive on the PDA, as other reviewers have pointed out, but I found the maps of the South Bay to be at least five years old.A major section of Highway 85 that was completed over five years ago is not shown on the map.Read more

Features

• Create address-to-address routes anywhere in the U.S. directly on your handheld computer
• Includes street-level maps for the entire U.S., from rural roads to detailed city streets
• Includes Canadian primary and secondary roads
• Quickly locate on detailed maps your address book contacts
• Store the maps on removable-media devices

Reviews (12)

I agree, it is pathetic
I bought the software to calculate mileages between two points. I operate a trucking business and drive myself. I want to calculate the distance say, between Raleigh, NC and Philadelphia, PA. I have a 1 gig compact flash card I bought to store the map data on. It was hopeless to even think about loading the east coast onto the memory card. I sat there for an hour highlighting the entire east coast(selecting blocks). I had 21,000 blocks selected. The desktop worked all night trying to save this file. I never did get it to work. DeLorme acts like this software is so versatile. The object of using a Handheld computer for mapping is to store mapping info and perform useful functions in the field as they may arise. This software is for someone who would rather save a small map on a pda rather than use the paper one they have or print one and take it along. I am also returning this software. It is a joke and a real dissapointment. I have a few other quotes but they would be inappropriate to post here. I hate to even rate it with one star. -5 stars would be more like it.

Crashes when you try to make a route!Worthless!
I have the 2005 version.It is worthless.It will not allow you to route from current GPS position to a point.And...when you try to map a shortest or quickest route, the system freezes after up to 5 minutes of "thinking" the computation.The software is only effective at routing for very short routes.Anything I tried over 10 miles would take at least 5 minutes to compute.And I'm using a newer HP Ipaq with plenty of memory.This software stinks.If you buy a GPS go with some other software.

pitiful
I used to like DeLorme's products.THis one is poor at best as far as being functional.GPS takes forever to locate, map loading from desktop to PDA is not as easy as the interface would have you believe, and you cannot adjust zoom level manually.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Complete grammar and pronunciation guides for over 90,000 words
• Searchable English-Spanish and Spanish-English databases
• Get a detailed look and the society and culture of 20 principal Spanish-speaking areas, around the world
• Thousands of examples taken from real speech sources to help students learn more effectively
• Add-on for MSDict tools

Features

• CD-ROM
• Convert PDA into portable road atlas of the 48 continental states
• Maps cover over 1/2-million miles of U.S. interstates and highways
• Displays print Road Atlas page and grid numbers for easy reference
• 5,000+ points of interest; city-to-city driving directions for 12,000 cities
• Supports both color and grayscale maps; built-in GPS tracking feature

Reviews (1)

Does Not Work
This product does not work with the LifeDrive.I wrote the company regarding this and they never responded.I tried it on 3 different LifeDrive units to verify that the product does not work... ... Read more

Features

• Innovative MSDict Viewer combines high data compression for memory restricted devices with a fast search algorithm and user-friendly interface
• Text font remapping for dynamic change of font sizes
• Advanced searching and filtering features for finding the right word, every time
• Dynamic word history list for each session
• Add custom notes to any article in the dictionary

Editorial Review

Create address-to-address routes anywhere in the U.S. on Pocket PC andPalm OS handheld computers using XMap Street Atlas USA: Handheld Edition. Thismust-have map collection includes street-level maps for the entire U.S., fromrural roads to detailed city streets. Sync all the maps and software you'll needfor your next trip, or, depending on your PDA's storage capacity, bring theentire database with you. Quickly find address book contacts on detailed maps,plus locate 4 million points of interest--including restaurants, hotels,attractions, and more. Connect to DeLorme's Earthmate GPS receiver (availableseparately) and track yourself in real time on street-level maps anywhere in theU.S. You can even bring topographic maps with you using DeLorme's Topo USA 4.0software (also available separately), so you'll never get lost again. ... Read more

Reviews (10)

don't waste your money!
This is the worst mapping software I have ever used (and I have used most of those available). There is a position error of 200-500 feet everywhere but on major thoroughfares and DeLorme Tech support (???) can only say it's a problem with the map translations (???). I notice there is no 2007 version! I have found the same position errors in their laptop version. Microsoft Streets & Trips is dead-on in position everywhere... DeLorme should be totally embarassed since their only products are in this field! And they charge a lot more than Microsoft does... pathetic!

Buyer Beware
I liked the PC version, but the handheld version is expensive, hard to use and not that much value.When compared to MS Streets and Maps it is not even in the same league.The Bluetooth feature is problematic and the tech support is poor.In both versions there seems to be a bug that introduces a position error of about 200 feet.This seems to be problem for both the hand held and PC editions.If this keeps up I expect DeLorme to be out of business within 2 years.Too bad---It has the potential to be world class.

If you are computer literate at all you'll love it.
This program is awesome!!!You install the software on your PC and choose how much you want to sync to your PDA.You can sync detailed maps or just highways and interstates.My wife works at a flower shop and sometimes delivers.Type in the address and it will take you their.Read more

Editorial Review

Jules Verne may have proposed the whirlwind 80-day journey around theworld, but he would have been on the road a lot sooner had he used Handmark'sTravel Assistant. A combination of several unique applications, Travel Assistanthelps to arrange and organize your travel plans, make sense of foreign lands,and communicate with the natives.Read more

Reviews (3)

No way to chose which platform to download
This was for Palm OS and the OS is compatible with both WIN and Mac.I am sure it is a good program, but there is no way to chose which parent platform to download for.I did not find out there were two different downloads until after I paid the money and try to install it and asking customer support.SO BE CAREFUL IF YOU OWN A MAC, THEY WILL ASSUME YOU OWN A WINDOWS MACHINE AND HAVE YOU DOWNLOAD ITS SOFTWARE!!

hook, line and sinker?
How can the Handmark (formerly Palmspring) company sell this as full retail product specifically labelled on the outside as NOT shareware, and nothing printed inside says otherwise, but after installation it says it is a limited use DEMO which you have to pay more to unlock?If this is not bait and switch, then is it not fraud?Why isn't there any review online warning other new victims/buyers?I must not be the only one who has experienced this, as Handmark NOW has an "instructions" web page (after the fact again) that says its newest "Gulliver" version ships Demo!

Travel Assistant 1.1 by Handmark, Inc
This product supports me on my travels with my palm (I use the new m505), I could not keep up with all of the information that this application can do for me.A MUST buy for anyone that is using the palm and is traveling.The language translater application is one of the best parts of this application, and the 24 hour travel alarm keeps me on time. All over the world.Do not miss this one for your palm. ... Read more

Features

• Complete world-wide global translator
• Features a collection of the most widely used languages
• Easy translation to and from English
• Includes 20 different languages
• Easily look up word definitions and more recently used words

Reviews (1)

Overall Good
Ok I searched a bunch of translators for my trip to Europe and found this one to be the best.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Innovative MSDict Viewer combines high data compression for memory restricted devices with a fast search algorithm and user-friendly interface
• Text font remapping for dynamic change of font sizes
• Advanced searching and filtering features for finding the right word, every time
• Dynamic word history list for each session
• Add custom notes to any article in the dictionary

Editorial Review

This package combines 150 travel-related freeware and shareware programs to offer a comprehensive world traveler edition for your PDA. Specialized applications help manage travel plans and itineraries, while other programs guide you once you've reached your destination. This thorough, convenient collection puts calendars, calculators, currency converters, and expense planners at your fingertips. Travel with country and subway maps, train schedules, international dictionaries, world clocks, and games--right in the palm of your hand.Read more

Editorial Review

When you're bored in an airport, it's not long before playing with youraddress book starts to lose its charm. Pick up 500 Essential Palm Programs, andadd some zing--and added features--to your handheld.Read more

Subjects:  1. PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Software    2. Palm Pilot (Palmpilot)    3. Handspring Hand spring visor    4. Business    5. Handheld (Hand Held)    6. Travel    7. Utilities    8. Games Entertainment   

Features

• CD-ROM
• Features a complete listing of all services available at every exit on the U.S. Interstate System -- gas stations, hotels, campgrounds and more
• Read an exit-by-exit guide of roadside conveniences
• Find out about the best repair shops, pharmacies, medical services, and other services along the route you're traveling
• Rest & picnic areas, hotel and restaurant chains, and more!

Editorial Review

While there are fine freeware products that present maps and similarinformation, sometimes it's just worth investing the cash in a product asfantastic as Lonely Planet's CitySync. So well designed and so encompassing, andyet bite-size, CitySync provides information in categories such as shopping,nightlife, safety, and sleeping in Read more

Reviews (1)

Worth the price.
After test driving one of the cities from the CitySync site I bought thesoftware and I have not been disappointed. I decided to test drive thesoftware by trying a city that I was familiar with and, thereby, check theaccuracy and usefulness of the information provided.Read more

Subjects:  1. city sync    2. Handheld (Hand Held)    3. Handspring hand spring visor    4. PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Software    5. Palm Pilot (Palmpilot)    6. Travel    7. Great Deals (Outlet store)