|
|
 Mobile Windows News |  Podcasts |  Videos | Search | Forums | Site News |
|
Microsoft releases Pocket Streets for Smartphone March 24, 2004 [MS Smartphone] | By anonymous 1. At last! The long waiting is over: the Pocket Streets program - known from Windows XP and Pocket PC versions - now has been ported also to Microsoft smartphone: Take a map with you wherever you go with Microsoft Pocket Streets for Smartphone, the street-level mapping guide for your Windows Mobile-based Smartphone. 
Unfortunately one of the main killer applications for Microsoft mobile devices - the Microsof Reader - is still not available in a version for Microsoft smartphone - another wrong decision of Microsoft that waits for resolution... more info from Microsoft follows. * * * * * Overview Pocket Streets for Smartphone offers great map guide functionality right on your Smartphone. Locate addresses, intersections and points of interest or customize locations by inserting your own pushpins. Download maps of cities in the US, Canada and Western Europe from the Pocket Streets web site, or create your own maps using Microsoft desktop applications MapPoint, Streets & Trips or AutoRoute. Once your maps have been synced to your Smartphone you can access them when you need them most, when you are on the go. Street-smart mapping Once you have copied a map to your Smartphone, search the map quickly by using the Find Address or Find Place functions. If you don´t know the entire address, Pocket Streets accepts a partial address or company name and returns a list of possible options. You can also visually roam around the map and look for the "Points of Interest" icons. Pocket Streets maps contain many types of points of interest including ATMs, restaurants, hotels, tourist attractions, even shopping centers and auto service centers, that can be located visually or by using the Find Place feature. Find the nearest cash or ATM in a flash Pocket Streets has an extensive list of bank ATMs and public transportation sites built into the maps. To turn on the Points of Interest categories that you´re trying to locate, simply select Menu, Points of Interest, and then check the ones you would like to be displayed. Or use Menu, Find Address to enter your current location. Zoom out until you see the first icon that represents what you´re looking for (say a train station) and that´s the nearest one! Let your Smartphone guide you to dinner If you´re having trouble deciding where to eat, select Menu -> Find Place and type in whatever you´re craving. Entering "Italian" will return a list of restaurants with "Italian" in their name, and entering "pizza" will return a list of pizza places in the neighborhood. To buy this program (price: $24.95 and NO free trial version available) click here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 3 Comments ]
   |
| ||||||
| Mobile Windows News | Podcasts | Videos | Search | Forums | Site News |
