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DiscountDelight - PalmOne: Directions on the Go
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List Price: $39.99
Our Price: $35.50
Your Save: $ 4.49 ( 11% )
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Manufacturer: Palm
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: PalmOne
EAN: 0805931012470
Feature: No need for a PC connection or wireless signal
Label: Palm
Manufacturer: Palm
Model: P10992U
Number Of Items: 1
Platform: Palm OS
Publisher: Palm
Release Date: 2004-09-28
Studio: Palm
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Features
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No need for a PC connection or wireless signal
Easy-to-use, complete on-device navigation
Interactive maps and points of interest
Door-to-door, turn-by-turn driving directions
Choose cities from CD-ROM or Web site
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Zero stars really...
Comment: Worst software purchase ever! After having a useful Psion directions program when I lived in London 6 years ago, I thought I should get something similar for my Palm Zire 72 now I'm in Seattle. I even thought there might be some improvements in the last few years, especially with Palm being the market leader...WRONG!!
If I type in my (unique!) Seattle address, it gives me 3 options - all of which are incorrect! It defaults to one 30 blocks north of me! Then practically every address I have looked for (friend's houses, restaurants, etc.) have been incorrect too! Sometimes addresses even come up on the maps and directions as "@#8&%%!??#@ Avenue"!! The program also crashes and it takes several attempts at entering the data from scratch each time before it takes it (and spits out the incorrect information!).
So this has been a total and utter waste of money and time and the source of much unnecessary stress! I bought it from the Palm Store and couldn't return it as it was open box software, so I then contacted smart2go/MDM but they would only offer me a choice of one of their other programs as a consolation. Their selection was limited and as I did not want the Bible, went for an Encyclopedia card (which I will probably never use)...
DO NOT BUY!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Directions are Sketchy at Best, Incorrect at Times
Comment: After I loaded this software on my Palm, I tried it out by mapping a route from home to work. It could not get my home address correct and started me out from a neighboring street instead. It couldn't even route me through the major highways in the Austin TX metro area correctly. I then tried it for Houston, and same story. The display and the way it zooms in and out and marks road names on the on-screen map leave much to be desired. I can hardly get any information out of the display. I do not recommend this software at all.
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Summary: Should allow for negative rating
Comment: What a worthless purchase. I do a lot of travelling and thought this would be great. Sounded wonderful, even sold on the palmone website. Boy was I ever mistaken. Wish I would've gotten the reviews before wasting my money. You can't read the maps, maps are only for a few cities, and the interface is less than user friendly. I finally went with Earthcomber, but when that didn't have directions (just the map and POI, but its all free) I got Mapopolis, which is wonderful. If you want Directions on the Go, rethink it, I suggest Mapopolis. Same price (also a free trial version of ANY map in the US for 9 days) and also has contiguous maps of the entire US with direction capability and POI's!!!!
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Summary: Don't Do iT! Buy a paper map instead!
Comment: This software maker uses terms like "door to door directions" and "works anytime anywhere". BUT it only has a limited number of city maps. NO maps at all of New Jersey but claims to be metro New York! Package states that maps are available for download but only 56 cities are covered in the whole USA. If you don't stay only in these cities this is worthless. Please Look somewhere else:<
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very, very unhappy
Comment: I am NOT happy with this product. They don't even have the major cities in my state, let alone the city I live in. When I emailed them about it, they said they were updating the cities but mine was not on the list and they didn't know when it would be. I'm definitely getting my $40 bucks back and never buying their products again!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Palm Directions on the Go CD. Compatible with Zire317172 TungstenTT2EWC and Treo600.
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