kavinmehta wrote:Alright fellas i froogled it....it is available for $39.59 with free shipping at
http://www.atomicpark.com/xq/aspx/microsoft-streets-and-trips-2006/wt.mc_id.55/prodid.22308/buy.software/qx/productdetail.html

for the first time i have seen something that is more expensive on woot then anything out there....

I think that boxed version dosn't come with the GPS reciever...

kramsallad wrote:3-2-1 Bluetooth
is the answer,
is the reason,
that everything happens.

Anyone?

Anyway, my point is: if it had Bluetooth, I'd be in.

I alrady have PREVIOUS verison of MS Street and trip with GPS and I also have the following item
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=4180688
This adaptor works perfetely with my PDA

and dont forget...you may load this software on any pocket pc (windows CE ) machine

jdog2 wrote:Anyone know if this works in Germany or Europe? It says US and Canada but I'm thinking thats a software limitation.. I will be going on to Germany for a few months and this will would come in handy.. Any Ideas?

the software does not have Europe map but if you load the "PDA version of software"

you can download MAPS of the MOST MAJOR Europeon cities from

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/pocketstreets/2004/psmapsearch.aspx

jplonmars wrote:

the software does not have Europe map but if you load the "PDA version of software"

you can download MAPS of the MOST MAJOR Europeon cities from

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/pocketstreets/2004/psmapsearch.aspx

I have the 2006 version and it worls great.

w.r.t. Europe, I've seen the software (maps etc.) specifically for Europe selling for about$40. The GPS unit with this item will, of course, work anywhere in the world, so with the extra software this unit will work just fine across the pond.

Question about today's woot. Are European maps available? The last time this sort of thing was on woot, you couldn't get European maps.

also: whats the deal with the SONY Reader pop-up that won't go away? It covered this Message box and I couldn't see what I was typing until I resized the window. WebMaster?

PajamaMan wrote:

I think that boxed version dosn't come with the GPS reciever...

thats right!

keeslingjm wrote:Question about today's woot. Are European maps available? The last time this sort of thing was on woot, you couldn't get European maps.

also: whats the deal with the SONY Reader pop-up that won't go away? It covered this Message box and I couldn't see what I was typing until I resized the window. WebMaster?

You can buy "AutoRoute 2007" from the Microsoft website - that covers Europe and works with the GPS locator featured here. $39.95.

http://www.microsoft.com/streets/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=003

I agree that Microsoft Streets and Trips is the easiest mapping software to use for windows. My technically challenged wife uses it almost daily to scout and show real estate. She is able to enter a list of houses in the area and "optimize" the route she will take. With the route planned, she can estimate at what time she will arrive at certain houses so she can fine tune the route to make appointments when a homeowner requests a certain time frame.

That said, we use 2007 S&T and have a sirf III chipset GPS. I couldn't believe how much better the sirf III gps was over our older one.

We buy the latest version of S&T every year but I really don't recall there being that big a difference between the 07 and 06 versions.

If you do use a laptop in your car and plan on making a multi-stop trip, you should make sure you have an "always hot" power source in your car. The cigarette lighter in our Honda turns off with the key. We found that our laptop would go to sleep if we stopped for too long and took the key out of the ignition. Waking the laptop up usually meant the GPS was lost and adds a delay to getting started again (something clients don't like).

We have tried other software and it just isn't as easy to use as streets and trips. I recently purchased a mio 310x and I find it's easier for me to use to navigate alone since I can't seem to look at the laptop screen and drive at the same time. The mio mounts on the windshield where I can glance at it and not smash into stuff. My wife prefers the laptop because the screen is bigger. The mio routing is really terrible compared to Streets and Trips.

bbguy5 wrote:


um, that's what it's made for

I guess soliver had his or her DESKTOP installed in a car. hahaha....
why would anyone attach a GPS receive to a desktop? trying to locate your own home? LOL

I can also vouch for the cruddyness of the receiver but the awesomeness of the software. This is a good deal still though because the gps does 'work'. I got the bluetooth Holux GPSlim 236 for it and it works way better. If you google you can find that rx for around $75 and combined with this software you will have a pretty kickin navigation system.

Also I have used versions 05, 06, and 07 and can say there was a bigger leap between 05 and 06 versions feature wise

got a whistler, don't need this

Wooted. The included software is worthless, but hey, it's the cheapest NMEA device you'll find. I plan on putting it to interesting uses in Linux. If nothing else I can use it to keep an ntp server in sync ;)

fwiw, CNET.com says:
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The good: Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 is easier to navigate than DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2006, uses Wi-Fi hot spots to find your location, and includes new voice directions for GPS users.

The bad: Streets and Trips 2006 displays fewer restaurants, hotels, and other points of interest than Street Atlas USA.

The bottom line: Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 is an easy-to-learn mapping program with lots of extras for GPS users. But for more points of interest, choose DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2006 instead.

I tried this, and it does not compare to programs like Navigator. Streets and trips are ok, but if you use the gps, you will get lost.

I paid $75 on sBay. It works Great on my XP laptop. In fact it works better thsan my $500 Magellan GPS. Only downside for me was that my laptop was too bulky in vehicle.

I have this software and have used my own garmin as my gps connection. All these complaints are null. It does offer voice guidance, and re-routing when off course.
You can also select your route based on preferences (highways/no highways..etc).
If I didnt already have this setup (somewhat) I'd buy..and I'm still thinking about it.
Great price on an nmea usb gps, and I've misplaced my software at the moment. (Although, it runs because I did the full install to HD).

GPS connects through a USB conection, not Bluetooth.
Unless I'm missing something, my Axim X51v doesn't have a USB port, just SC, CF, and the bottom connection plug.
There isn't a way to use this with my Axim, is there?

One of my worst purchases ever ...

Out of 5 stars:
Accuracy: 3
Usability: 2
Dependability: 2
Latest maps: 1.5

I was one of the fools who thought investing in a laptop solution made more sense than buying a dedicated unit. Just the thought of saving the laptop battery, constant switching on/off/stanby then again waiting for bootup, and then the damn satellite fix gives me the shudders. To top it all, regaining bluetooth connectivity was another pain. ( I was using a Holux GPS unit, sirfIII...much better than running around with a dongled USB unit like MS gives you)
I was/am the laughing stock round here...
I had just planned to throw this away for the same price as woot did now
Now I'll just have to throw it away.
Its sad how these software companies sell map updates as 'upgrades' or new versions instead of keeping their credibility and trying to stick with us.
Like the anti-virus scam with their yearly updates, be careful with who you go with for gps too. S&T has got me lost & way off track coz of outdated maps
and many hand gps units were bad too.
The Mio 310x has not yet got me lost, but has told me to make a right when no right existed, and still doesnt know the way to my own home, which is on an old old road.
but for the price, the Mio is the best, although I have seen other units dropping their pants down recently.

To be fair, it does navigate ok, with what it has got, but this is too risky and bulky a solution, specially with the crappy battery life on laptops. ( I used mine with a car inverter, but things always got in the way)
The voice guidance is so-so, but with the crappy speakers they put out in laptops these days you can hardly hear anything...

It may make sense for those who have no passenger, and go for long drives, with the laptop on all the time. Then again, do you really want to risk crashing it to the floor, or leaving it on the seat while u run out to pee, or looking it at 90degrees from the road ?

Think hard before you invest in this kludge...

My daughter has a Blackjack phone. Will this work with it?

Today's woot is pretty good for the price, however I did something a little different -

I have a Garmin 2620 StreetPilot that I use for basic auto navigation. A few months ago, I purchased just the 2006 MS Streets and Trips Essentials CD software from ebay for ~$25 that I can also use on my laptop for a different map view/perspective.

The only additional thing I'd like to have would be 3D.

Is there any way to get this to work with a Garmin?

[quote user ='soliver'] Confused... Will this work with a laptop?

No...you just need to carry around your desktop wherever you go...

Will it work with a Palm Pilot. "Os"
Any one know for surre?

I am soooo po'd
paid $70 at Best Buy
GPS is pretty quick
Have used Streets and Trips here and in Europe. It is pretty good.

you dont need to be online for the GPS to work ?

jdog2 wrote:Anyone know if this works in Germany or Europe? It says US and Canada but I'm thinking thats a software limitation.. I will be going on to Germany for a few months and this will would come in handy.. Any Ideas?

Microsoft's product for Europe is called 'Microsoft AutoRoute Europe' and will happily use the GPS unit bundled with this package. In fact that is exactly what I used last year in south Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Overall I was very happy with it's performance, and there is much comfort in knowing exactly where you are in the remote mountains of an unfamiliar country.

I purchased Autoroute 2006 from Am*zon last year, but they appear to be out of stock now.

Oops... I looked at the '06 version... They have the 2007 version in stock.

I traveled extensively with the 2005 version. I loved being able to locate myself even inthe backwaters of Texas. I was frustratedby the lack of volume on the voice directions. My PC didn't raise above traffic noise.

jaytech wrote:The software works good, very few competing products in this market match up. The GPS unit that comes in this package, however, is another story. I've never used a GPS receiver worse than this, could never get a solid satellite fix and the coordinates would be jumping around all the time. One minute I'm cruising along in the Great Northeast, the next I'm somewhere in Cape Province, Africa... you get the picture.

Conclusion: Do yourself a favor and get a Garmin GPS 18 to go with the software.

That, my friend, is a software issue. The GPS Locator only receives signals from the sats. The PC does the conversion. You will NEVER receive a signal indicating Cape Province, because of line of sight issues (You cannot see the necessary Geosync orbit GPS sats for that location from this side of the Earth, EVER). The only other way I know of to pull that kind of switch on you requires military interference. Do you live or travel near a military base or range?

bambam8350 wrote:Will it work with a Palm Pilot. "Os"
Any one know for surre?

Sure! Just have to write the driver in CodeWarrior, and find a USB pport in your Palm device to plug it in to.

That's not too hard, is it?

riboatguy wrote:I paid $75 on sBay. It works Great on my XP laptop. In fact it works better thsan my $500 Magellan GPS. Only downside for me was that my laptop was too bulky in vehicle.

you can't have it both ways...
folks are buying laptops with 21 in screens and then complain about their portability .. come on!!!

Bah, I was looking for something like this...but its GPS, how the heck does it interact with my PPC? It has no USB port, only bluetooth, infrared and wi fi.

New laptop is loaded with Vista, I do not think it will be compatible , therefore I will habe to pass. I wish I had a bag o' crap!!!

jdog2 wrote:Anyone know if this works in Germany or Europe? It says US and Canada but I'm thinking thats a software limitation.. I will be going on to Germany for a few months and this will would come in handy.. Any Ideas?

Microsoft's "AutoRoute" is the European version of Streets & Trips. Same exact interface. I'm sure this gps will work with AutoRoute. Autoroute software used to be hard to find legally in the US but I see it offered by Amazon.

kavinmehta wrote:Alright fellas i froogled it....it is available for $39.59 with free shipping at
http://www.atomicpark.com/xq/aspx/microsoft-streets-and-trips-2006/wt.mc_id.55/prodid.22308/buy.software/qx/productdetail.html

for the first time i have seen something that is more expensive on woot then anything out there....

This link is for the software only...does not include the GPS unit.

yallrob wrote:

This link is for the software only...does not include the GPS unit.

the sets that include the GPS receiver are upwards of $100 at that site

thetimekeeper wrote:Bah, I was looking for something like this...but its GPS, how the heck does it interact with my PPC? It has no USB port, only bluetooth, infrared and wi fi.

There is an additional adapter you can get to turn this GPS into bluetooth enabled.
https://services.pharosgps.com/shopping/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=77
At $99 it's better to just buy a bluetooth gps.

I was 3 seconds from clicking Get One (actually I was going to get 2, one for my dad) but then I realized it was 2006 and we are in 2007 and my computer and his already HAS MSAT 2006.... I got it Decemeber of 2005. Ill pass. Toss MSAT 2007 on here and it is mine.

Mac users rejoice! (maybe)

found this link from some blog saying it's the mac driver for the "Streets and Trips 2005 GPS Unit". Not sure if it would work with the 2006 model though... Anywho, I hope it helps...

http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31

WOW. MA to FL. 95 for about 1400 miles. You needed software for that.

If my parents want to just find and print maps, will this be a good buy for them?