Speedhero turns your iPhone into an accurate and affordable Sports Radar

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Speedhero turns your iPhone into an accurate and affordable Sports Radar - Published on 12/10/09

 

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Entetrainer Ltd. today announced Speedhero 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. A sports radar for your iPhone, Speedhero is built for speed shooting. Just select your distance, place your iPhone and you're ready to start speed shooting. Whether it's your soccer shot, tennis smash, volleyball spike or ice hockey shot. Test your speed, challenge your friends, and share your results on Facebook or Speedhero. Use it in training, compete against the pros, or just have fun.

 

Helsinki, Finland - Speedhero turns your iPhone into a sports radar - the affordable and accurate training tool is available now. Speedhero is built for speed shooting - whether it's your soccer shot, tennis smash, volleyball spike or ice hockey shot. Test your speed, challenge your friends, and share your results on Facebook or Speedhero.com. Use it in training, compete against the pros, or just have fun. It's very easy! Just select your distance, place your iPhone and you're ready to start speed shooting.

 

Test yourself against the pros:

Pro athletes from various sports have been using Speedhero - check their records at Speedhero's web service. Within the Speedhero community you can share your own results, customize your own Player Card, collect your friends' and pros' cards, and compete with the best. SpeedheroTV features pros in action - upload your own videos, and prove your records to the world.

 

Amazing new technology:

Speedhero uses sophisticated algorithms to detect the impact sounds of your contact with the ball and the ball's impact on a wall. Then, using a sport-specific flight time dynamic formula and the processing power of your iPhone, Speedhero instantly calculates your top speed.

 

"We believe that the Speedhero app will change the way people compete and train in various sports. For the first time, anyone can afford to have an accurate sport radar in their pocket to measure the speed of their smash, kick or shot. It is a perfect practice tool for teams and individuals or just a fun app with which one can compete with their friends or people around the world" says Timo Salmi, CEO of Entetrainer Ltd, the company behind Speedhero.

 

Speedhero has been tested against professional radar guns which are both expensive and clunky. For the first time you can have highly accurate sports radar on your iPhone.

 

Device Requirements:

* iPhone or iPod Touch 3.0 or later

 

Pricing and Availability:

Speedhero 1.0 is only $4.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Sports category.

 

Speedhero 1.0: http://www.speedhero.com

Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/speedhero/id343361821?mt=8

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Entetrainer Ltd. is a sports entertainment software development company based in Espoo, Finland. The Entetrainer team consists of a mix of sportspeople, engineers, and mobile and online industry spe[censored]ts. Copyright © 2009 Entetrainer Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

 

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Timo Salmi

CEO, Entertrainer Ltd.

 

 

timo.salmi ( -at -) entetrainer.com

 

Timo Soininen

Chairman of the Board, Entetrainer Ltd.

+358505648269

timo.soininen ( -at -) entetrainer.com

 

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