Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 with GPS Locator Full Version for PC (ZV3-00002)

Pros: Oodles of useful info. Accurate voice prompts. Worth it for the sensor.
Cons: Sensor has to resense position, once-in-a-while. The various panes can get busy, obscuring info.

Let me give you some background. I got my mom one of those stand-alone GPS units back in November-a Thanksgiving Special from Radio Shack-and I've yet to get it to work. I slaved over her laptop, crawled under the seat of her Jaguar, and poked and ...

Pros: Voice directions, map centering, Streets & Trips reliability
Cons: no recalculation of route when you miss a turn

I’m in sales, and log a lot of miles on the road. I also spend a fair amount of time lost. As a result, I’ve been looking at GPS systems for several months. I like some of the dedicated GPS systems that you mount on your dashboard, but my travels take me ...

Pros: Maps are fairly up to date compared with at least one other competitor.
Cons: Seems to require more mouse and typing activity than I'd like.

I have used the now discontinued Rand McNally Trip Planner product for several years. To do the same things in Streets and Trips 2006 seems much more complex and less intuitive. I've found no provision for adding roads/ bridges, etc. that may not have been incorporated yet. Finding some points of interest is difficult. Overall a good product.