GolfDigest is one the top golf magazines; it is chalked full of golf stories, equipment reviews, and golf tips (you know, each month they give you all the surefire tips that promise to take umpteenth strokes off your game). I have no idea how many of those tips I’ve tried; but I do know that [...]
Written on April 16, 2010 | Posted in
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If you have an iPhone, you have a huge assortment of golf GPS apps at your fingertips; if you are using a Palm Pre, on the other hand, you don’t have a lot to chose from. Hopefully, developers will get on the Palm Pre bandwagon (the Palm Pre bandwagon may not be ready to depart [...]
Written on April 9, 2010 | Posted in
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WeGolf, which has been around the mobile golf GPS world since 2004, has just been released through the Android Market and the iPhone App Store. With a 14 day fully functional unlimited use trial, you can give this app a good testing before you decide to buy. Main Features GPS – Use the built in [...]
Written on March 19, 2010 | Posted in
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GolfLogix has taken advantage of the of the iPhone’s interactive touchscreen display to improve its golf GPS app. It now has aerial images and a “touch anywhere” feature that will allow you to get the distance to any point on the course. There are also more stats tracking features and 4-person scoring. You can find [...]
Written on March 14, 2010 | Posted in
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Smartphone golf GPS apps are getting better and becoming more popular; the makers of standalone units are taking notice and adjusting their products to compete in a more demanding marketplace. iGolf, one the pioneers of golf GPS devices (makers of the popular iGolf Neo) and host to the biggest database of mapped golf courses, has, [...]
Written on January 25, 2010 | Posted in
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OK, so you have a fancy touchscreen smartphone with the Android operating system (perhaps a Verizon Droid or even a brand new Nexus One from Google), and you want to spice it up with a compatible golf GPS. Maybe you’re already familiar with GolfShot, GolfLogix, and some of the other popular golf GPS apps available [...]
Written on January 11, 2010 | Posted in
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There are a growing number of golf GPS apps for smartphones. So much so that is very difficult trying to keep track of all the new apps as developers struggle to carve out a niche in the market. If you are looking for a device to help you out on the course you can be [...]
Written on November 2, 2009 | Posted in
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As noted in a previous post, GolfLogix is the first of the major hand-held golf GPS manufacturers to make its GPS technology available for Smartphones. And now GolfLogix GPS is available for the HTC Touch Pro. Not only do you get all the key distances to the front, center, and back of the green and [...]
Written on September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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Until recently Verizon Wireless had blocked access to the GPS in its smartphones to third party GPS applications, forcing its customers to subscribe to Verizon’s own VZNavigator for $10 per month if they wanted GPS navigation. For many golfer’s, this meant that they could not use golf GPS software on their smartphones unless they used [...]
Written on September 25, 2009 | Posted in
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