Just recently got hold of a test unit for Papago™ M8/M9 for Malaysia.
Before i get to the boring parts, let me skip it till the end and show u some screenies instead.

Beautiful icon taken from my Gnote. (kindly ignore the rest of the prgrams and dont lol pls)




Screenies in portrait mode






Screenies in landscape mode










Now here's the more boring bit.

Papago ™ M8/M9 is still in test phase. So its not launched yet.
My source is legitimate and word has it that it should be released for retail around early march 2012.
Yes it works for 1280x800 Gnote on both portrait and landscape mode.
Source of map is free as usual from MFM which u can find at the link below.

www.malfreemaps.com

Retail price should be the same as previous version.
You can make the purchase from M3 directly when it is launched or go to their dealers nationwide.



Now for the pros and cons

The pros:

Voice of the lady has changed. i like this voice. sounds sweeter like a lady instead of a prison warden.
quick to lock on sattelites. Its a very cloudy day today here at my place so i get a 7 second lock.
Visuals are entertaining with most of the custom poi's popping up. Can finally see RHB and Oldtown Kopitiam's logo
Routing is much improved with some very minor issues.

The Cons:

Still unable to pinpoint via co-ordinates.
The mistakes made on the Android X5 version was brought to this and still not rectified. (overlapping poi's)
junction views should have been made a tad bit smaller.
Same boring UI

You have to make sure you exit the program properly if not it will still be running on the background.

If there are any questions, and i can answer them, please feel free to ask me in here. I dont entertain pm's.
Allow me some time before i can answer, i am working and if my boss see's me spamming away in forums i'm gonna get my rights to the internet.

This post has been edited by UpCar: Jan 30 2012, 03:05 PM

Reserved for future use

Required specs for use?
Any indication?

Minimum android 2.1 eclair.
Hardware specs is kacang putih to fulfill. Does not require nvidia gts450 or ati 5900.
Indication of what ah?

since it is still under test phased, why not fix all the cons? i really hope it can use coordination location function.

I dunno n i cant say much. I dont work for m3 or maction. I questined them also over this b4. All i got was geleng kepala as answers.

I mean any indication of the specs requirement.

they just told me it will work on anything that supports android 2.1 and above.

most important question : Will it support ICS 4.0? since our Note will all be upgraded to ICS pretty soon.

can use for standard galaxy series?

Yes and No.

The M8/M9 was released for bug fixes, some visual upgrades, routing issues resolvements, graphical glitches and of course to support newer machines with different resolutions.
The entirety of this actually was to mainly address the resolutions issue alongside the portrait landscape mode.

If you buy the M8/M9 when it is released, it should still work fine with ICS. It is afterall still in beta mode now. There should be some software tweaks further on, probably to cater to even higher res perhaps or even diff android OS.
When ICS arrives on note, i will test it out.

Right now still on rocket rom v20. on its last legs already . Next jump for me would be something that is ICS and not ICS themed only.

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Added on January 30, 2012, 4:29 pmyup. is meant for devices capable of GPS that are running minimum of Android 2.1 Eclair.
It is not bound by brands.

This post has been edited by UpCar: Jan 30 2012, 04:29 PM

yup, feels the same way - also on RR V20 with ICS theme, nothing much more entice me to flash new rom until the final ICS for Note is out later.

Do update us the latest development. Btw, is Papago support multiple installation in different devices like other android apps? meaning I bought the app only once but I can use it on my Note and another Android Tablet too. Currently only have Note but most probably will add an ICS Android tablet soon.

EDIT: Another question :it is using the latest X8.5 map format? Coz the old X3/X5/X6 map format already discontinued at malfreemaps.

This post has been edited by Cynox: Jan 30 2012, 04:42 PM

ya i went from momow's rom to rocket to criskelo and now back to rocket. lucky mowmo still ok for me.

Latest development mostly is concentrated on PND's and not mobile. Papago™ is gonna launch TMC soon in malaysia. now in testing phase.
Hopefully can get a unit soon.

as far as i know, the licensing agreement is 1 unit per unit. Meaning if u buy 1 papago sdkad, u can use in 1 device only. so i suppose in your statement, the answer would be yes. ONLY if u use it on a single device at a time. not both units at the same time.

I know some people actually own 2 android phones, but they only use 1 for weekdays and 1 for weekends. So they buy 1 unit papago sdkad and keep on interchange lor.

Yup map still from mfm and yup is free and yup there will be a new installer under the compiler for papago m8 as it is official malaysian m3 papago software. X series is for PND's now.

Since this m8/m9 is still in testing phase and soon to be launch in a month's time, mfm will release a map for it in due time once they have the finalised version of the compiler.

wah got english version?? mine is chinese .........

i always wished to have the latest papago on my phone.. i hope this M8 coming true real soon.

taiwan version is chinese. papago from m3 for msia and singapore has always been in english.


yup. actually i confirmed liao is coming. duration is 2-3 weeks but i'd say a month before official launch. That's why i actually say early march instead of late feb. later scared everyone kena let down.

but the taiwan version gt english? or is thr any ways to make it english?

thanks, UpCar, for the insider info.

interface cannot. but voice pack can swap to english. i did it once a long long time ago before x5 msia launched. that time still on htc hero. so very long ago. now u ask me i cannot remember liao.

i only can remember i swap the taiwan x5 voice files and replace it with a lot of pre-recorded counter strike sounds also lol. even the keyboard doesnt click. it goes pang pang pang ( CS 1.6 gunfire from desert eagle)
That process was scary. It took me more than 1/2 day i remember. coz i skipped 1 meal.
There were some glitch on poi search and road search also but i cannot remember liao. really too long ago.

Oh and if u purchased the taiwan license genuine, you cannot transfer that to m8/m9. even if u purchase m8 taiwan from maction , the license cannot transfer or swap unit. msia papago is from m3gps so have to buy another sdkad from them.

ic, thnk god i cn read cainis n stil cn understand the menu abit, but i stil prefer english........

so the english version wil b released by end of february rite? hw much it wil cost?