Papago M8 for Android

[jchoong]

Thank for the info,

i am using x5 on Galaxy S II, it drain a lot of juice just by using x 5

From my experience, all GPS applications drain battery - need to put on charger if used longer than 2 hrs. I think it is particularly bad on the SGS2 given its large 4.3" screen.

[tympg]

Does the M8 support landscape display?

[jchoong]

On my SGS2 it does change to landscape when I rotate my phone.

[lee82gx]

may be a stupid question, but can the app be switched to full English?

[jchoong]

This is a special version of M8 for SG/MY and Indonesia. So it is in English, Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia and Indonesian.

[mongoose55]

Hi all,

I plan to get a tablet and install Papago M8.
Do any of you guys know if this Papago M8
can be used for Android tablets like Samsung Galaxy 10.1?
or Asus Transformer, both of which runs on Android Honeycomb.
Will the Papago M8 cater for larger resolutions?

Regards
Mongoose55

[moeyhc]

Papago M8 is specially made for Android... your Galaxy 10.1 can run on it.

[tobetest]

I successfully updated to the M8.5 map dated Nov 3, 2011. Booted up without any problems.

may i know, where you download the map?

[tympg]

I successfully updated to the M8.5 map dated Nov 3, 2011. Booted up without any problems.

may i know, where you download the map?

The map is somewhere here.

[jchoong]

I was in KL earlier this week and used M8 with the latest MFM. From my recollection, this M8 functions just like my old X5; did not notice anything new. Hopefully I am wrong.

I used it to navigate from Ampang Rd (somewhere close to Jelatek) to MidValley. Looks like the navigation algorithm is just as bad as X5 - it took me to a elevated highway, then down back to Tun Razak and then the scary part, it took me through the heart of KL, near Pudu Rd, and Petaling St.... through horrendous traffic. I eventually switched it off and turned on Sygic which eventually took me to MidValley.

I am not familiar with the KL roads anymore, especially the many new expressways. But from Ampang Rd to Mid Valley, I would normally take Tun Razak and then go via Loke Yew/Syed Putra; or alternatively via Jalan Kuching to Bangsar Rd. I would never go thru the heart of KL!

When I got back to Spore I went into Mapsource and did a route from Ampang to MidValley; to my surprise it also routed thru Pudu/Petaling St, altho the route is more direct than that made by M8.

After I abandoned M8, I used Sygic for the rest of my stay in KL. Surprisingly Sygic is pretty good; not as good as Garmin/MFM, but it did a decent job in navigating me around.