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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

where got need to read cinis ????

only got like 4-5 butang to klik nia. klik silap can re-try again 1. wont hang kei or blow up 1. i remember last time i also got do this trial error thing on igo because it was not in english at that time. so klik until dapat lor.

release date i dun dare say, but should be early march. if they can kau tim their things mebbe late feb. cost is same as X5 last time.

This depends on your phone hardware not software enjin of papago leh.

My name not tan sri or datuk or dymm. I tell also no use. I oni is small kuci ppl.u think they will do as i say meh tai lou?


Read first post. answer is there.

of course la friend. the papago for mobile is RM99 on android phones.
the navigating device is RM 399 minimum if i'm not mistaken for 3.5 inch or 4 inch.

price alreday got difference leh. u pay more u get more lor is common logic ma.

Route management changed. Already stated in 1st post . Is most important factor in GPS. The more efficient the route, the better the software becomes.

Sorry guys. I don't have iphone not do I have tablet. Maybe in future I might consider getting a tablet but iphone too pricey to my liking.

nope. full 5 hours to and fro ipoh under hot sun. still ok.

cannot. phone not with me and wont be with me for 2 week

After days of driving around, this I'd much better than the previous version. Voice guidance much easier on my ears but there's still room for improvements.

i think its better u all wait for the launch at pcfair and try to grab it then.

pcfair i think in early april next month oni. should have promo price. i forgot to ask them.

anyone buy yet ?

i hope all the bugs weed out liao