StreetDeck Limited Edition Released for $119.00 - Page 2

RedGTiVR6 · 01-31-2007, 06:06 PM

It does not come with the same mappoint you buy in the stores. It's actually integrated into StreetDeck. There's not a seperate disk for the map data. It's all on one DVD.

CannonBaller · 02-01-2007, 02:50 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

It does not come with the same mappoint you buy in the stores. It's actually integrated into StreetDeck. There's not a seperate disk for the map data. It's all on one DVD.

I was under the impression that the integration with mappoint is a simple pluggin in mappoint for streetdeck...Hence the reason i can download SD from here and use it with my already installed mappoint.

RedGTiVR6 · 02-01-2007, 08:32 AM

Yes, you can use your own MapPoint for the lite version.

The question was worded as the user was asking if you could use the MapPoint that comes with StreetDeck on other computers. This is not the case.

It's not just a simple plug-in with the way that MapPoint is integrated.

rxh81 · 02-01-2007, 08:48 AM

I have an idea of purchasing SD in a special way, because of the not yet available EU version:

- now I pay the price for the full european version.
- then I register with the downloaded lite version and use it in the meantime.
- when the full european version is out you will send me the DVD and I can run it with my already gotten registration code.

Would be great if this i s a possible way

!!

Else, what do I loose if I use the lite version with MapPoint 2006?
Poinst of interests - I already heard - anything else?
Will it also work with future versions of SD?

My Car PC is ready soon, but SD for EU not available

.
I know it's my own fault, but it's happened

.

Maybe there is a solution.
God of CPU wrote something that the EU version is propably months away -

aaaaaaahh

Thanks for the information,

Roland

god_of_cpu · 02-01-2007, 12:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rxh81

I have an idea of purchasing SD in a special way, because of the not yet available EU version:

- now I pay the price for the full european version.
- then I register with the downloaded lite version and use it in the meantime.
- when the full european version is out you will send me the DVD and I can run it with my already gotten registration code.

Would be great if this i s a possible way

!!

Else, what do I loose if I use the lite version with MapPoint 2006?
Poinst of interests - I already heard - anything else?
Will it also work with future versions of SD?

My Car PC is ready soon, but SD for EU not available

.
I know it's my own fault, but it's happened

.

Maybe there is a solution.
God of CPU wrote something that the EU version is propably months away -

aaaaaaahh

Thanks for the information,

Roland

You don't lose Points of Interest, you only lose 1 of the 2 ways to search points of interest. You lose being able to search points of interest by free form name query ("Find Place By Name" in SD), you can still search by type, i.e. You can do things like restaurants within 5 mi, but you can't do things like find nearby "McDonalds". This is the only limitation.

The recommened and supported way to get the european version is to do exactly as you want and purchase Mappoint Europe and StreetDeck lite. This was one of the major reasons for releasing the lite version. The bundled european version is on hold until we finish our UNICODE port.

rxh81 · 02-02-2007, 07:40 AM

Ok, it sounds like, that my preferd way to purchase SD is no option for you.

If we assume I can't wait and buy the lite version + Mappoint.
Will all future improvements of SD concerning navigation, e.g. unicode, km/h and others work with this?

Is there really no possible way of buy the lite version and update then to the full version?
What about updating to the next main version of SD with new maps, do I have to buy Mappoint 2008 then?
I know this scenarios aren't comletely defined yet, but I have to think about it when I purchase SD.

For the customer the easiest and cheapest way to get SD would be:

-To buy now the full european version and live in the meantime with the lite.
or
- To buy the lite and upgrade then to the full (which can be a little more costly than the full version).

Why don't you offer this to your customers ??? It will only bring you benefits !

Roland

RedGTiVR6 · 02-02-2007, 10:04 AM

I cannot answer your question concerning if future updates should work as I'm not a developer.

However, your statement that:

Quote:

To buy now the full european version and live in the meantime with the lite.

This doesn't make sense? Perhaps you ment to buy the lite version for now then buy the european version later?

Currently there is not upgrade path from the lite version to the full version.

I'm not sure what you are saying we don't offer? The upgrade from the lite to the full? If that's the case, we don't offer it now because the lite version has only been out a month, tops. The upgrade bundle hasn't been developed yet. Things like that take time and not that much time has passed since it's been made avaliable.

If you're talking about the European version not being avaliable yet....it's being worked on.

I'm not sure I understand!?

rxh81 · 02-02-2007, 11:34 AM

My problem is that I now want to use SD, but also want to have the full european version when it's out! It would not be the big issue for me to don't have navigation the next months.

The only 2 ways to get this solved for me would be:

- I can purchase the lite version now, and be sure to have the possibility to upgrade to the full version, when it's out.

- When you offer now the european version (for me) with delivery when it's out (maybe few months). And I register the lite version in the meantime. Then you send me the european dvd and I can use it with the same registration code. I don't know if it's possible with the program code or with the registration lite/european/american.

The second option is very curious

, but please give me some feedback.

Thanks,

Roland