I played a round yesterday using vCaddy and had absolutely no problem with battery life. I turned off 3G and Wifi and had it set with a 5 min. auto-lock. I charged it up fully before I started my round and after a 4+ hr. round still had probably 60-70% left. My strategy was to turn it on after I hit my tee shot, so when I got to my ball it was pretty much ready to go. Then I shut it off after I got my yardage. I only had it find my yardage on my approach shots and the par 3's. Those should be the only times you'll ever really need to use it. I also didn't use it from 100 yds. in, so I don't feel that battery life should be much of an issue unless you leave it on the whole round.
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Greenfinder. More GPS options than golfmapz
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I went on to play a round of golf with Greenfinder at Doubletree in San Diego, CA, yesterday. The interface is simple, but effective and easy to read under the sun with the display brightness reduced to the minimum due to the battery concern. I turned off wifi and BT (I did not turn off 3G), and saw the warning for 20% remaining battery about 4 hours into the course. However, I was able to finish the course in 5 hours and the phone was still active.
There appears a slight lag, ~5 seconds in average, before the gps locks at each new arrival point. I cannot vouch for the distance accuracy that was described in the previous review, because I did not carry other range finders. However, the readings agreed with the course marks every time I looked at them. In one hole, the reading showed only the distance to the hazard (pond) in front of the green from the fairway, and not the distances to the green. I briefly tried to look for the latter by pressing several icons, but couldn't figure out how to do it. As I walked by the pond, the distance to the green showed up.
I was in the market for rangefinders, so I had looked into upro. With its pro mode, it claims to offer features that no other range finders do. On the flip side, it is a $400 hardware plus fees for each course download, and more costs for accessories (car charger and so on). Right now, I am very happy with one-time $35 Greenfinder.
There appears a slight lag, ~5 seconds in average, before the gps locks at each new arrival point. I cannot vouch for the distance accuracy that was described in the previous review, because I did not carry other range finders. However, the readings agreed with the course marks every time I looked at them. In one hole, the reading showed only the distance to the hazard (pond) in front of the green from the fairway, and not the distances to the green. I briefly tried to look for the latter by pressing several icons, but couldn't figure out how to do it. As I walked by the pond, the distance to the green showed up.
I was in the market for rangefinders, so I had looked into upro. With its pro mode, it claims to offer features that no other range finders do. On the flip side, it is a $400 hardware plus fees for each course download, and more costs for accessories (car charger and so on). Right now, I am very happy with one-time $35 Greenfinder.
iphone App store app review glitch?
Anybody have trouble reading dhy8386's review of Greenfinder on the App store using their iPhone? All of the other reviews show up fine, but that one shows up as a scrolling mess (kinda hard to explain, like a ghosting effect when you scroll).
Just wondering if it's just my phone or if anyone else sees it. It's the review titled "Killer App for Golfers for iPhone (Part I)"
Anybody have trouble reading dhy8386's review of Greenfinder on the App store using their iPhone? All of the other reviews show up fine, but that one shows up as a scrolling mess (kinda hard to explain, like a ghosting effect when you scroll).
Just wondering if it's just my phone or if anyone else sees it. It's the review titled "Killer App for Golfers for iPhone (Part I)"
detz, can you provide some insight into what the "tools" section of the fifth media app that you are beta testing is like? and how it ties into the rest of the app? is it just a place to list out the clubs that you carry in the bag (i assume this based on the golf bag icon there)
thanks
yeah, uploading rounds to the web for teeshot would be great. for now however, i take my scores off of teeshot on my iphone and manually update my oobgolf account on the web. this way, if i lose the data on my iphone, i still have most of it on the web. by the way, oobgolf is supposedly working on a native app for the iphone, but considering i don't really like their web app all that much, i doubt i will be using their native app if it is like their web app.
Greenfinder for range work?
Just wondering if the app is accurate enough to mark off distances at some random driving range? Would I have to create a new "course"? I've been holding off getting a golf GPS in hopes something like this would hit the app store.
Just wondering if the app is accurate enough to mark off distances at some random driving range? Would I have to create a new "course"? I've been holding off getting a golf GPS in hopes something like this would hit the app store.
Are you Leslie with a 1.1 handicap? I noticed someone on that site by the same name with some impressive rounds.
There's a new gps golf app in the app store now called golfflyover:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288735642&mt=8
anyone brave enough to try it out and provide some feedback? This one utilizes the google maps satellite views to provide "flyovers" kind of like the upro handheld gps golf unit
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288735642&mt=8
anyone brave enough to try it out and provide some feedback? This one utilizes the google maps satellite views to provide "flyovers" kind of like the upro handheld gps golf unit
Check out http://www.whatsoniphone.com
In the next week or so, we will be reviewing all golf applications available on iTunes focusing first on the more robust apps. This review will include actual on course use by actual golfers which should give any golfer (with an iPhone) a good insight as to what is to be expected with each app.
There are actually already reviews for a couple of them and they are being populated as I write this.
In the next week or so, we will be reviewing all golf applications available on iTunes focusing first on the more robust apps. This review will include actual on course use by actual golfers which should give any golfer (with an iPhone) a good insight as to what is to be expected with each app.
There are actually already reviews for a couple of them and they are being populated as I write this.