DANVILLE, CA (December 21, 2006) GolfTraxx (http://golftraxx.com) has added
support for metric distances in its Windows Mobile version for international
customers around the world. GolfTraxx users now have the ability to obtain
distance calculations in yards or metres on a selected course to front, middle,
and back of each green, as well as each shot played. In addition, trial users can
create user-defined waypoints on each hole. For each defined waypoint,
GolfTraxx provides distances to-reach and to-carry the waypoint. GolfTraxx
already provides its customers with FREE golf course hole-by-hole information for
over 21,000 courses in US and Canada, which can be downloaded to PDA
devices via GPRS or WIFI access as part of its voice-enabled, 100% open
standards Golf GPS solution for TREO 650 , Palm One , Palm LifeDrive ,
Windows Mobile , and Pocket PC , and Windows Mobile 5 with built-in Voice
Response.
Using either Google Earth or the device itself, trial users can quickly and easily
map any number of additional targets for each and every hole on the
course, then submit the newly mapped coordinates to GolfTraxx for addition into
the GolfTraxx on-line database. Once the targets have been downloaded or
captured, GolfTraxx customers then receive yardages to reach (and to carry)
each of these additional targets on a particular hole in a single click. GolfTraxx’
competitors use difficult to understand abbreviations for these additional targets
and force their customers to scroll through a list of these waypoints one-by-one
to find the appropriate waypoint for a particular hole.
The GolfTraxx state-of-the art golf GPS solution features integrated 2-way
voice communication between player and device. GolfTraxx has also
incorporated a SiRF STAR III wireless bluetooth GPS receiver into this fullyintegrated
Golf GPS solution. In a single click from the main Play Golf menu,
GolfTraxx accurately calculates golf shot distances anywhere in the world
where the GPS can capture coordinates. A professionally recorded female
voice tells you the distances to multiple targets on every holeâ?¦
including front, center and back of each green and distance of the previous shot.
In another single click from the same menu, users receive distances to-reach and
to-carry any other waypoint on the hole. GolfTraxx captures the club used and
lie for each shot. After the round, GolfTraxx exports all data into an MS Access
database your computer.
"Up until now, GolfTraxx only provided distances in yards, but with the rapid
infiltration of Windows Mobile devices worldwide, our customers needed the
abilty to obtain metric data as well." said Frank DeBenedetti, founder of
GolfTraxx. "Our customers can already select from hundreds of mapped
courses, and/or quickly and easily create capture targets on other courses they
play using the device itself, and/or submit Google Earth maps of their local
courses to us for addition to the GolfTraxx on-line database. We are adding
Google Earth .kmz and .kml file coordinates and waypoints collected by
GolfTraxx customers to our database every day. We then make these hole-byhole
GPS coordinates available for FREE downloadâ?¦ usually on the same day the
course is submitted, while our competitors charge a recurring annual fee for the
data, or charge separately per course. Our belief is that GPS coordinate data
should be available for FREE, but most of our competitors do not even supply the
actual coordinates, even after you have paid for the courses. Google Earth
data is also far more accurate than our competitors’ data since it does not rely
on manually collected GPS points. As a result, our customers now enjoy far
greater accuracy and lower cost-of-ownership, through FREE access to
hole-by-hole scorecard data and FREE GPS coordinate data for direct download
to their PDA."
GolfTraxx offers FREE downloads of trial versions of the software for Palm
One , TREO 650 , TREO 700P , TREO 700W , Palm LifeDrive , Windows
Mobile , Garmin Ique , and Pocket PC on their website. GolfTraxx offers FREE
downloads of over 20,000 course scorecards in their on-line database directly
to PDA devices. GPS coordinates are already included with hundreds of these
courses for FREE to all GolfTraxx users. GolfTraxx’ competitors require their
customers to purchase courses separately. GolfTraxx offers various bundled
solutions between $134.95-$199.95, which include the GPS receiver. If you
already have a bluetooth GPS receiver, or all-in-one Windows Mobile device
GolfTraxx can be purchased stand-alone for $29.00.
About GolfTraxx
Founded in 2005, GolfTraxx is headquartered in Danville,
California. For additional information about GolfTraxx, please
visit http://golftraxx.com. The flagship product, GolfTraxx, is the brainchild
of founder, Frank DeBenedetti. DeBenedetti is an avid golfer and computer
technologist who earlier competed in high school, college, local, regional, and
national golf competitions. and who now consults with Fortune 100 companies in
the San Francisco Bay area. GolfTraxx is a registered trademark of GolfTraxx,
Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names,
or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
Contact:
Frank DeBenedetti
http://www.golftraxx.com
frank_debenedetti@yahoo.com
877-354-GOLF (4653)
