Saturday, January 29, 2011

Callaway Upro mx offers touchscreen GPS to golfers, we long for a Caddyshack edition (video)

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The folks at Callaway just announced the Upro mx, a followup to the
device they so humbly referred to as the "iPhone of golf GPS
technology." PNDs for golfers aren't exactly rare, but the new Upro
claims to be the only one packing "hi-resolution actual aerial
photography" of 25,000 different courses. It also boasts a multi-
gesture touchscreen and optical finger navigation, as well a slew of
viewing modes: Virtual Green offers exact putting distances, Smart
View displays the best angle for each shot, and ProMode features video
flyovers. Who knows, if they could land a Bill Murray tie-in we might
actually be enticed to pick up a club and ... Oh, who are we kidding?
The Upro mx hits stores in May at $199, and you can check out a video
of the device in action after the jump -- that is, if you swing that
way.

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