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Air Tennis on The Gadget Show

Can’t bare to tear yourself away from Wimbledon this summer? No need, with unit9’s Wii-inspired app, Air Tennis. Our friends over at The Gadget Show review (and love!) Air Tennis and we think you might too – so get practising, Centre Court awaits!

Pollyanna and the Gadget Show team prove that Air Tennis can be enjoyed and mastered by anyone and everyone, after she wiped the floor with Unit9’s man (when the cameras weren’t rolling, fortunately…)

We’d also like to apologise to Channel 5, for causing a dramatic decline in productivity over at The Gadget Show HQ – but what can we say, addictive apps is our thing!

So what are you waiting for? Air Tennis is available in the App Store now.

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Tech Director: Gilles Boisselet Interactive Director: Robert Bader Interactive Production Company: unit9

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You’ve heard of Air guitar? Well now there is Air Tennis.
With your iPhone as the racket you can pretend to play tennis with a friend wherever you are.

Play at home, the office, or even at the grocery store, play with your kid in the playground, you’re always on centre court. The phone keeps the score and the umpire will call out to tell you how well you’re doing. So no cheating…

Get it from the iTunes Store
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How it all works:

Connect to your tennis partner’s iPhone, (Via BLUETOOTH ) stand no further than 10 meters (30 feet) apart, touch the screen and it’s game on!

Hit the air with your serve and listen to the ball sizzle over the net. Now listen for your opponent’s return shot. Hear the ball bounce? Now whack it back! Serve, forehand, backhand, overhead smash, your iPhone tells you the shot you’ve got to use and turns your every movement into a winning tennis shot.

Remember, there is no more need to book a court or join a fancy tennis club – from now on the court is where YOU are. Turn that bus stop into Center court at Wimbledon. And conference calls will never be the same…

Remember, both iphones must install the game for the 2player fun to begin!

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Get Started:
Practice your service and ground strokes in One Player Mode. In Two Player Mode, you must find a partner to challenge. Both iphones must install the game for the fun to begin!

Game Features:
Two Player mode: Play 3 Games – Umpire’s calls out the score – Save scores to High Score board – Male or Female voice – Left / Right hand calibration – ‘For real’ Sound Fx Connect via BLUETOOTH One Player mode: Practice Serve – Practice Ground strokes.

System requirements:
iPhone compatible. iPhone OS3 required for Bluetooth connection.

Feedback:
We want to grow this app, and do to this we really need your feedback.
So please get in touch, send us your comments and suggestions on how you would like to see the app develop.

Happy Air Tennis-ing!
iphone@unit9.com

 
 
 

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A Great review from iPhone alley

iPhone Alley App Showcase: Air Tennis Brings Wii Goodness To The iPhone

We just spent the last half-hour running around the iPhone Alley offices, swinging our iPhones like tennis rackets, having a blast! What were we doing? Playing Air Tennis, of course! This awesome game from Unit9 [App Store, $0.99] lets you and a friend play rounds of virtual tennis, using your iPhones’ as rackets.

Linked via Bluetooth, one person serves while the other must hit the ball correctly to send it back. As you go back and forth, you can hear the ball whizzing towards you as a voice tells you which swing to use. After playing Air Tennis and really getting into it, I just have to recommend that everyone goes out and gets it. It’s that fun. Check out Iphone Alley.