How much are they selling the papago?

So the papago they sell in pcfair cannot work in tattoo??

Tattoo can't use 1.5, because 1.5 only supports HVGA and 1.6 onwards supports non-HVGA screen!

But I think since Papago 3.0 already supports tattoo, there should be a way to get a free upgrade later when the SEA version is updated to 3.0?

I bought two android version from pcfair yesterday for my gf's and my magic. They have it running on a HTC Hero set. The map doesn't looks as nice as garmin but if it works, I don't mind. The map browsing is a bit slow with all the 3d building structures though.

Sorry, I realized I did not finish the story. After I saw that the scrolling is a bit slow, I ask the guy how to turn off this 3d thing, because its tough la, if you seen the interface before, it can show the KLCC twin towers in 3d format.

So after I turned off this 3d structures thing, then it becomes smooth, scrolling is smoother compared to garmin running on my samsung symbian.

have you tried this?
http://www.papago.com.tw/Android_web/download.htm

http://dl2.papago.com.tw/download/Papago/A...OO_20091125.rar

1. 請同步下載更新地圖檔，方可正常使用。
2. 請將下載之更新檔做解壓縮動作。
3. 移除PAPAGO軟體，《設定》→《應用程式》→《管理應用程式》→《PAPAGO》→《解除安裝》
4. 將Android手機利用USB線與電腦進行連線，進行連線時，電腦將出現「歡迎使用尋找新增硬體精靈」之訊息，請忽略此提示，並選取《取消》，若未出現此提示，請繼續下列步驟以複製檔案。
5. 手機上將出線USB連線的訊息圖示，請由上而下滑動點選手機畫面上方的標題訊息列，開啟選單畫面。
6. 請選擇「USB已連接」項目，並選擇《掛載》。此時將可於電腦端選擇開啟檢視手機SD卡資料夾。
7. 將解壓縮後的所有檔案(Navi資料夾與PAPAGO.apk)複製到SD卡根目錄下(欲保留我的最愛，請備份\SD\NAVI\SAVE\PPGPOIX7.DAT即可)。
8. 移除USB連線。
9. 請開啟Android手機的《瀏覽器》，在網址的欄位鍵入《www.papago.com.tw/android/》選擇相對應的程式。
10.下載主程式後，點選下載的 apk 程式完成安裝

Need translation? I assume since both is X5, the serial number should be able to be used.

So is the apk file from the rar file same as the one from the CD? Both of them give you the same result? Have you sent the email to papago?

jeez, my gf's just upgraded her magic to 1.6 (coz hers is europe version, the update comes thru Android Market) and now the papago doesn't work anymore. Will try out the download link from the website soon.

So does it mean this -> http://dl2.papago.com.tw/download/Papago/A...OO_20091125.rar
is not working? Strange, they released an update that doesn't work.

I haven't installed yet mine on my magic, but a couple of things off head that I would have tried on your tattoo just based on the posts here:

1. try to see if it can run with Taiwanese map?
2. someone said its font problem, change your tattoo to be Chinese Taiwan, then try see can run or not the papago.

Looking at the way papago sells their software, I think you should be able to if you pay. Unless there's a taifreemaps.com

Yeah, compared to Garmin which cost around RM400! This papago is cheap because its from Taiwan. I saw from some chinese forums, there are even navigation for china thats totally free, like google maps.

Did you turn on the GPS?

Settings->Location->Enable GPS Satellites

I find Garmin's interface nicer, maps display nicer, and more feature rich. hehe...

Just realized my htc magic have got internal compass, and it worked! But tested only with London Street View, like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PRfVKzuUJ4

Too bad papago do not use the compass.

Yeah, Malaysia doesn't have street view.

When I tested, I went to London (in google maps, not physically) and view the street view over there, its quite cool actually. After you are in street view, just Menu->Compass ON, then hold the phone up vertically.

I think its not that google blocks street view in Malaysia, its just they haven't done it here yet, since market here is small.

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Added on December 15, 2009, 9:02 amSo far I tested, it doesn't make use of the compass at all.

One thing I notice is the difference in my HTC Magic's Compass compared to IPhone's. For my HTC Magic, I need to hold it up vertically (like when shooting a photo of pc fair girl), while I saw youtube of IPhone, you need to lay it down flat on the table.

So, HTC Magic's compass will not be so useful for reading maps, but will be more useful during navigation.

This post has been edited by kiwlm: Dec 15 2009, 09:02 AM

Hmm, from my experience of using Garmin for 1 year+, and very limited experience in using Papago for 1 week+, both of them never make use of the elevation from the GPS, meaning that they can't tell whether I am on which tier, even when using community map. Usually they will only realize after I go out from the place that have many tiers.

So for this 1-2-3 tier thing, I would say google maps (its different from google earth, FYI), and community maps are the same. I agree with everything else you said.

Hmm, haven't really encountered this before.

But being too used to Garmin, I found that the map is "zoomed" too much in, sometimes I want to see when is the next turn, but because the map is zoomed so much in, I can only see straight road, the junction in the map comes too late.

So now I turn off Auto Zoom, and I usually zoom out (press the - button) 5 times when I start navigating.

Surprisingly mine have been consistently less than 5 seconds. I don't know if its because I have data unlimited.

Just encountered this last weekend around Sogo Area. I also start to realize that the voice navigation cannot be 100% depended upon like Garmin's. Sometimes it shows me to turn left but the voice says turn right... zzz

Hmm the last time when I bought the papago during GPS, confirmed its not working on my gf's 1.6 magic, but I just checked the website again
http://www.papago.com.tw/andsea/

IIRC the x5.1 wasn't there last time, will get my gf to test if that works on 1.6.

Hmm I thought just point to that andsea path, then just download and install the x5.1 apk, but I have installed it and the version still shows as X5.