Microsoft street and trips

fleeper · 08-15-2006, 11:12 AM

I have a sierra wireless VOQ smartphone with microsoft 2003 smartphone OS.

I see where street and trips will work on a smartphone, but do I jsut ahve a copy of the map on my phone or is the map interactive and track my movement?

All newer cells have GPS built in (right?) so it should use the GPS part of my phone or am I incorrect?

Thanks for any help advice.

Fleeper

PURDooM · 08-15-2006, 12:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by fleeper

All newer cells have GPS built in (right?) so it should use the GPS part of my phone or am I incorrect?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS

On (almost) all non motorola phones, you can not access the internal gps functionality. That is for emergencies and ties up the phone network.

If you had S&T and a working bluetooth gps reciever it would track you in real time. Why you would use S&T on your phone when tomtom or iGuidance is better by leaps and bounds is beyond me...

fleeper · 08-15-2006, 01:01 PM

Well,

I could get the software for less than $40.00. If it worked the way I was hoping (as a GPS unit) then that would be much cheaper than tom tom or any other self contained unit.

Fleeper

PURDooM · 08-15-2006, 01:18 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by fleeper

Well,

I could get the software for less than $40.00. If it worked the way I was hoping (as a GPS unit) then that would be much cheaper than tom tom or any other self contained unit.

Fleeper

If your hardware worked as you hoped, the interface would still be a pain in the rear to use. S&T isn't really navigation software, its more of an interactive map. The gps tracking portion of it is terrible.

fleeper · 08-15-2006, 01:50 PM

A friend has it on a laptop and it's damn accurate. I am not sure why you don't like it, but we recently went to across country to Washington state and it worked very well. That was the reason i wanted it on my smartphone if it was possible.

Fleeper

thompaine · 08-15-2006, 01:59 PM

I have S&T 2006 and love it.

We've gone on several trips now and I've not bothered to take directions. I just program in the pins and start driving.

I would prefer a more 'permanent' pin system but at least it remembers previous pins when I put them in.

I use it on my small laptop, and also on my tablet PC and it's sweet.

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Marvin Hlavac · 08-15-2006, 04:49 PM

Fleeper is talking about MS Pocker Streets, the free map viewer included with MS Streets & Trips.

MS Pocket Streets does not have the functionality of S&T. It is only a "moving map" program. It let's you see your GPS location on a map, but it offers no routing capability or voice prompted directions.

MS Streets & Trips is a laptop / desktop application. It doesn't work on PocketPC PDA's or Smartphones.