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 Papago™ M8/M9 for Android, supports galaxy note 1280x800

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nghj
post Jan 31 2013, 02:11 PM

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QUOTE(zeese @ Jan 30 2013, 05:38 PM)
if the current location is incorrect, usually it is because the gps has not lock onto satellites (gps is not ready). You need to wait until the gps shows your correct location.

Actually, I also don't like papago search function. It's terrible. I have to try an error whether the POI name should be in english, or in malay, or try all possible spelling varieties.. One example, i tried to find imigration at kajang, it took me a very long time, and it still didn't know what I'm looking.. I tried imigration, imigresen, etc..  Searching using google maps gave me an instant result!  They must put some intelligence in the software and give POI results that CLOSELY MATCH the search keyword, not just the EXACT search keyword onlyt.  Despite this weakness, I'm still using papago because of the maps only..
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if not sure how to spell properly in PPG, normally i just key in the first few letters and search.
then papago will let you know what names are available based on the letters appearing on the list.
nghj
post Jan 31 2013, 02:18 PM

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QUOTE(fisherman10 @ Jan 30 2013, 05:51 PM)
that's why what I usually do is to search location using google maps, the look around for more common/famous place. Then type that into papago. Or just use the road name from google maps.

Papago doesnt have google's intelligent search algorithms to understand various search terms. Papago just search directly according to what's in the database.
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i mostly just use PPG to look for POIs.For navigation, i prefer sygic.
sygic proposes few alternative routes at the start of the journey and it has helpful lane assistant.

oh, also the sygic landscape mode is not as laggy as Papago. but maybe that's just my phone.

This post has been edited by nghj: Jan 31 2013, 02:19 PM

 

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