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Summary of GolfLogix Reviews

Golf Rangefinder — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:10:04 +0000

Over all the GolfLogix gets very good reviews. Our summary will be available soon. Summary of GolfLogix Reviews is a post from: The Golf Rangefinder Shop Related Golf Rangefinder posts:Garmin GolfLogix iPhone App I’ve noticed a lot of advertising lately for the Garmin... The Golf Rangefinder Shop Using a GPS or Laser Golf Rangefinder may be... GolfLogix App [...]

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Garmin GolfLogix iPhone App

Golf Rangefinder — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:43:39 +0000

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I’ve noticed a lot of advertising lately for the Garmin GolfLogix iPhone App. Most of the time when you’re shopping for apps, the price is so low, that you don’t worry too much about making a mistake. Although the $40 price tag (that’s annually) for the GolfLogix iPhone app is steep compared to other apps, it’s very inexpensive when you compare it the GolfLogix GPS handheld unit, the SkyCaddie or any other golf GPS device. Fortunately, this GolfLogix iPhone app allows you to try it out before you buy it. We wish it would give you a week instead of 24 hours. For most people that’s only one round of golf at one golf course. To fully try it out, I would want to see how it performed on several courses.

A look at the review ratings in iTunes is a little concerning, since thousands have rated it and it only gets 3 stars. I do use 3 star apps that I love, so that isn’t necessarily a deal breaker, but as I mentioned earlier, most of those apps don’t carry much of a price tag. On top of that, I keep noticing another GPS golf app for iPhone that is only $30 (one-time fee) and out of 57 ratings, 52 people gave it 5 stars. The app I am talking about is the ViewTi Golf 2010. I assume the reason they don’t have nearly as many reviews as the GolfLogix app, is because they do not offer a free trial period. I don’t know how difficult that is to set-up, but if I were in charge at ViewTi, I’d be working on that offer.

I’ll be using the GolfLogix trial in the near future and will give my opinion at that time. If you have any experiences with an iPhone GPS app for golf, please leave a comment with your feedback.

There is a whole discussion to be had on what impact apps for smartphones will have on the golf rangefinder business (GPS and laser), but it seems that Garmin is betting that this is definitely part of the future.

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Stat-Tracking Software for Garmin Approach G5 Golf GPS

Golf Rangefinder — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:40:45 +0000

One of the newer features on some golf GPS units is personal statistical analysis. Stat-Tracking software for Garmin Approach G5 Golf GPS device is now available as a free download from the Garmin website. As described by Garmin, it sounds like this will be fairly easy to use, so if golfers want to track distances for each club, greens in regulation (GIR), fairways hit and putts, they can now do so by answering a few extra questions each hole. Of course the data can be fed back into your computer for analysis on your desktop.

SkyCaddie will be upping the ante with it’s SmartClub technology to be released in June. It’s compatible with their SkyCaddie SGX which will be available by April 2010 and will automatically track your club selections using a chip on the end of your golf club grips. Of course, golf rangefinder GPS devices are not the only way to electronically keep your stats while on the golf course. There are several apps available to smartphone users that will help you keep track of your stats as well as give you GPS based yardages.

Certainly stat-tracking capability will appeal to some consumers, but we’ll be interested in seeing how many people will actually use these features. Our observation is that most users are just looking for accurate yardage that is easy to use and easy to read. Having to answer a few extra questions each hole is probably only for the die hard and geek golfers. That’s not to say that we don’t think most golfers could benefit from knowing more about their own games… it’s just that we don’t think they will make the effort. We’ll be conducting some informal polls later this year to see if they support our “guess”!

That said, the Garmin Approach G5 is one of, if not the best, selling devices on the market and they added a nice feature set that is available NOW.

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