Home page
The Solver - Store
Buy crossword, anagram, sudoku related products
|
|
Home page
|
Wednesday, 17 August 2005 |
|
Current Store: UK Store
Software : UK Info Disk Pro 8.0from: ICD
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: If you want to find a person or a business in the UK without leaving your desk, then UK Info Disk Pro 8.0 is the place to start. A double CD-ROM, it contains a vast searchable database of over 60 million records, compiled from the Electoral Roll (44 million), residential and business telephone listings (17 million) and commercial company listings (two million). As if that wasn't enough, it's also a route finder; simply type in two post codes and UK Info will display both a set of directions of the turn-left, turn-right variety and also a map. It's as a contacts database that UK Info is at its most impressive. Take a simple example. If you have a friend who lives in Bucks, but you've lost their address, simply type their surname and forenames into the relevant search boxes, pick Buckinghamshire off the location list and then click the Start button. UK Info will go off and bring back the addresses of everyone in the county with the same name as your friend. Once you've retrieved the information you can copy it to a special personal database which can subsequently be exported into for example, Access or Excel, for mail shots. There are other features too. Right mouse click on a name and choose "Show Record on Map" and UK Info Professional displays a detailed map of the area where the person lives; alternatively, type your post code into the route finder and then drag their name down onto the destination field and having first found them, UK Info Professional will tell you how to get to them as well. You can search for businesses too and using the large index of types (from direct mail services to sporting goods stores) along with the locality you should be able to find what you're looking for. The Professional version also offers more sophisticated search features so that, for example, you can search for all the dispensing chemists in Brighton, find everyone who lives in a certain post code or individual street; and after finding someone, you can even find their neighbours! UK Info Disk Pro 8.0 uses two databases. Out of the box, it automatically elects to search the Electoral Roll and Business Directory. However, if you click the "Directory Enquiries" option, it can also search through its list of residential and business telephone numbers. This works on a credit system. When you buy the program you get 1,000 credits which lets you use the Directory Enquiries feature 1,000 times; after that you have to purchase new credits from the company's Web site for a small charge. On the downside, you can't print out route maps, and if it can't find someone, it simply sits there when a "can't find who you're looking for" dialogue box would be more helpful; and while good value, having to buy credits to find extra phone numbers goes against the grain--you've bought the software; you should be able to use it freely. That said, it's an excellent product, particularly for business users. --Rob Beattie Average Rating:
 Rating: - UK Info ReviewMany problems which were sorted by support staff who were very helpful. However each fix caused another problem but several attempts later after much irritation all seems well. Be warned that just to update the programme to sort out some ommisions will take a long, long download. Once up and running the programme lives up to my expectations after experience with previous versions. Should be about a 4 star rating but marked down because of the initial problems. Browse for similar items by category:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Featured Puzzle Related Books:
Electronics
SOFTWARE
Puzzle Toys
Featured Products:
Electronic Sudoku
Featured Computing Books:
Computers and Internet
Computer Peripherals
Electronics
All Electronics
Software
Software
Video Games
Video Games
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Please visit our sponsors:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| Amazon Products Feed script by MrRat : Premium APF Mods from Dean Marshall : Open source APF Mods from APFMods.com |
