Has anyone used this unit as a GPS unit on a golf course with android apps such as Free Caddie or Golf Pad?
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I would not buy this tablet, I bought 2 of them from Costco a few years ago and they both had bad charging ports after 3-4 months, called Vizio and they sent me refurbished ones where after a few months the same thing happened. I will not buy another Vizio device again period. They were very sluggish, there are a lot better choices now then these.
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I don't know about that - I have only used the GPS Dongle with a laptop and with Google earth downloaded.
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I use my 5915 for geocaching. I wanted one device that I could use everyday in the car (nav, music, pda-functionality) and then could pull out for the occasional cache. I really like the program GPSTuner for offroad navigation (no affiliation, just a happy customer). I also bought a little silicon case on ebay to protect it on the trail. If you do a lot of hiking, etc, then a dedicated, more rugged GPS is probably a better bet though.
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I am going on my second golf season with my sky caddie gps watch and have had no problem so far. Have you thought of taking it in to a place like "Just Batteries".They claim there is no battery problem they can't solve. Also I would contact the company for their advice.
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I am very pleased with the GolfBuddy. The voice GPS rangefinder will give from over 600 yards to any distance closer.
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I think you have to charge each time you use for golf. But I have never thought that I had a problem with it holding a charge. I also have some other friends who use the Garmin and they do the same thing. Charge it before each time you use it for a golf game and it works great.
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We haven't had an luck contacting them on line or by phone. When we plug our unit in for updates it tells us to download the lastest version by going to www.gpsgolfguru.com. When we try to go to the site we get "Internet Explorer cannot displaly the webpage. So I can only assume the worst. If you find anything otherwise, please let me know.
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Yes, you might, if you have Android 3.1 or later. Just takes a bit of work, but no rooting required. 1) You have to download UsbGPS4Honeycomb_MR1_alpha.apk. Install it. You get USB GPS app, look for that name and a dish icon. 2) Enable "Allow mock locations" on your device by going to Settings &gt; Applications &gt; Development. Then, turn on "Allow mock locations". 3) Connect your GPS receiver via OTG cable or powered USB hub. 4) Figure out which USB Device the GPS antenna now is in your Android (looks like dev/bus/usb/001/002 etc). The free app 'USB Device Info' will help. Look for "Prolific' in 'Vendor Name'. 5) Start USB GPS app and tell it to use that port. 6) Turn on GPS in USB GPS app. If all is OK you will not see any error messages. The GPS is on now. You can get free apps like GPS Toolbox to see if GPS data is actually flowing. 7) Launch your favorite GPS navigation app (Google Maps will do for now). It should see the GPS signal without any tweaks. If not, then your Android device/phone/tablet may not be compatible. Google it.
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In my experience, it sort of works as a standalone, but it uses an odd GPS format that most mapping software can't interpret. You're probably better off with a more generic unit.
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after rooted, You can install Google Player to your ZEN.I have Google Maps and RMaps installed on my ZEN. Google Maps works perfectly. The GPS module might be slow, but within few minutes, it can find my location on the Maps. Google Navigation seems having some troubles, I haven't get chance to look into it.also installed few apps and games from Play Store, like Gmail, Play Book, Wikipedia, SuperSudoku.I love my ZEN. paid $80 for it, no regret.
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I find the izzo unit is as accurate as the golf cart GPS. my problem it takes as many as ten times pushing the commandbutton to start and stop the unit
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Mine did. But I would not recommend purchasing this item. Callaway will not be supporting this GPS after December. If you play the same course all of the time, then it would be OK, but don't expect to add any new courses in the future.
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It based on GPS join with locations DB that update continuously.It works really good. but the update application is terrible :-(
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I am not sure about the "Golf Shot" app, but I was told that it will work with this: ViewTi Golf 2010 2.66 (Free) I am still debating with myself to purchase this devise or not. If anybody else has used it for golf with either of these mentioned apps, please let us know. Thank you, Diane
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It won't work. The plug will fit, but there is no software support on the 2015 Golf to interface with android devices.
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No, and there are plenty of other reasons not to purchase this unit. In the six months I've had mine, I've had to reset it back to factory defaults three times to restore connectivity to the GPS antenna.
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I am not familiar with Android or Swing by Swing. The Approach is a perfect tool for any golf player. I have seen others on the course but nothing compares to the approach.