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The relationship between multi-storey building flo.Using NetSetMan to change Windows network settings.Wireless antenna technology: SISO, SIMO, MISO and.But this will also kill off some of their competitors who pirated their software and produce cheap GPS gadgets.Įxisting users of genuine Papago! are told to bring their devices to Papago! service centres for upgrade to version X8, either free or at cost, based on the terms and conditions.Īre you a Papago! user? What do you feel about this drastic action?

Regardless whether it is legal and/or ethical to do so, for sure they have lost in customer satisfaction, loyalty, and brand reputation. In fact, Garmin GPS also faced the same software piracy problem before, until they ceased the production of software version of Garmin Mobile XT GPS navigator.Īnyhow, this is a very risky move of Maction. are not difficult to be found, downloaded and installed from the Internet.

Beside that, cracked versions of Papago! for Android, iPhone, Win CE, Symbian, etc. The pirated Papago! GPS software had been used in some China-made GPS gadgets and also embeded GPS in car audio-visual devices, selling at cheap price. I can understand their move, which I believe is a bold business decision to fight against piracy to their software. They have also officially requested MalFreeMaps (MFM) to cease providing map updates to all earlier versions of Papago! by end of August 2011, and only provide future map updates for Papago! X8.Īs such, MFM-PPG-110823 is the final MalFreeMaps map release for those earlier versions of Papago!. Those will be replaced by the new X8 version using a new map format with no backward compatibility. ) version of X3, X5, X6, Reality 7, and OEM versions. Maction has forced an end support to all earlier version of their X-Series Papago! GPS by end of August 2011, which include the hardware and software (Android, iPhone, Win CE.
