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Q: Android apps for china
Any good android apps for China?
12 years 1 week ago in Web & Technology - China
China Subway - pretty self explanatory
Baidu Maps - another alternative to google maps
Tripadvisor does a good job of finding the local hot spots in the cities, and nearby attractions.
When it works, Google Maps is amazing, but if you know Mandarin, Baidu Maps is a good alternative when Maps is blocked (which is quite often).
Pleco for translating words and a dictionary. The OCR software is a bit pricy, but you can use it to scan restaurant menus that have no English to translate the words. I use it quite a bit.
Yes the Dictionary app where your able to write the word and it gives you the characters...
In addition to the applications above, I use an application called AK Notes. It allows me to store directions written in Chinese to all of my regular spots. That way when I get into a taxi, I just show the driver a note in Chinese that tells him exactly where to go.
It really saves a lot of time as I don't have to try and explain things in my bad Chinese.
Xpat.John:
AK Notes is good since it is companioned with a program called Catch. Catch syncs all my notes on the web. That way, when I change phones (I am a bit of a phone whore) I can easily have all my notes transferred to my new phone.
