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Earlier this year, SkyGolf released a distance-measuring device that featured a 5-inch, high-definition touch screen and a multicore processor designed to provide vivid graphics and numbers that are large and easy to read. Called the SkyCaddie SX500 and housed in a water-resistant case, it also employed a navigation satellite system that the company says provides highly accurate information no matter how bad the weather or how thick the tree cover around a course. The product also was touted for long battery life and its use of Dynamic HoleVue, a feature that reorients a detailed hole map automatically so players can see everything tee to green from their perspectives.
The SX500 was well received when it hit the market. But as SkyGolf officials garnered praise for the way it performed, they also heard customers asking for a more compact version. The company’s response is the just-released SkyCaddie SX400.
“It has the same platform and the same features as the SX500,” says national sales manager Paul Calabrase. “But we are offering it in a smaller body and with a 4-inch, intuitive touch screen, which offers brilliant, outdoor-readable graphics. It fits easily in the cup holder of a golf cart, and we are selling it for $100 less than the SX500, at $299.95.
“What we found it that not everybody wants a unit as big as the SX500, even with all the technology it has and the way it performs. Some prefer a smaller device, and that’s why we came up with the SX400.”