Hi valued Mobile 1UP subscriber! You have received this email as you have requested to receive news and updates for Mobile 1UP - we surely do not want to burden our users with SPAM messages; so if you wish to be removed from this email list - send a quick message to "support@mobile1up.com" This newsletter is also archived online: http://www.mobile1up.com/newsletter/entries/20100404-newsletter.txt >> DEVELOPERS CORNER - HANDS ON WITH THE PALM PRE Mobile 1UP finally got it's hands on a Palm Pre - a Linux based device by Palm, Inc - but it surely wasn't an easy feat to get one! It has been a device of interest to us; specifically with the announcement that devleopers can write native applications using the PDK (dev kit). We are currently working with Palm to get the applications considered for the application catalog (application store) when the announce the availability of applications written for the PDK. Mobile 1UP may also be presenting at the Palm Developer Day to be held on April 24, 2010 in Sunnyvale, CA at Palm's headquarters. If you are interested in the platform and you are a developer in the area, be sure to check it out, more information: http://developer.palm.com/index.php?view=article&id=2042 We hope to see you there! >> GW BIRTHDAY BASH Mobile 1UP is giving all its iPhone / iPod Touch users a special treat to celebrate the one year birthday of the remakes of the game & watch series of games released on the application store. Over a six week period each game in the series will be available as a free download. By simply visiting the website on a weekly basis you can own the whole collection. As a special bonus - we will give one lucky user a brand new Apple iPad! (16Gb WIFI). 29-Mar through 04-Apr - GW Lab 05-Apr through 11-Apr - GW Monkey 12-Apr through 18-Apr - GW Escape 19-Apr through 25-Apr - GW JetPack 26-Apr through 02-May - GW Monster 03-May through 09-May - GW Retreat Mobile 1UP is running this campaign to give back to the community and raise awareness of its games within the iPhone / iPod touch market. It also co-incides with a major update to the games including support for a more retro feel and boasting your scores on facebook. We are also placing the GW Series application on freeappcalendar.com however it is made free by user votes! Please vote for the games to be free on this website, you can register one vote per day on the following website: http://freeappcalendar.com/details.php?id=109 TERMS AND CONDITIONS -------------------- No purchase is necessary - to enter a valid UDID and email address must be provided and a high score must be submitted to Mobile1UP. Worldwide applicants permitted - only one entry per device will be considered for the random draw. Mobile 1UP will cover the costs of the device, any applicable sales taxes and shipping costs to the winner - however customs charges will be the responsibility of the winner on arrival (if applicable). Mobile 1UP will use the contact information provided for informing contestents of the competition results only. The winner will be selected and contacted on 15 May 2010 23:59 CET. If Mobile 1UP is not able to establish contact with the winner within seven (7) days, another winner will be chosen! >> GUEST SPEAKER: TIE NORDIC SKILLS WORKSHOP Mobile 1UP was invited to speak at a workshop focused around development and go-to-market and strategies around the iphone platform. It is an event specifically hosted by the Stockholm School of Economics as part of the "Entrepreneurship & Coffee" after-work workshops for emerging entreprenuers in the nordic region. The presentation is availble here: http://www.mobile1up.com/blog/entries/20100305/20100305-mobile_1UP-iphone_introduction.pdf >> FREE GAME : BJ's PIZOOKIE CHALLENGE Mobile 1UP has been busy working together with Net Scope, Inc to design, create and distribute a marketing piece for BJ's Restaurants! If you happen to be within the Los Angeles region - why not drop into a BJ's Restaurants and try a Pizookie! Your goal is to try to stack as many successful Pizookies as you can before time runs out! There are three different modes of game play; starting with easy through to stack master. You can also boast your skills on your FaceBook feeds. The application is a free download on the Application Store! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=356183560&mt=8 >> MARKETING UPDATES When you submit your high scores to Mobile 1UP - your not only boasting to your friends (and the rest of the world) how good you are - but you are also contributing vital statistics for us to report back on our users. Mobile 1UP : OS Versions (2010-03) ---------------------------------- iPhone OS v2.0 0.00% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.0.1 0.00% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.0.2 0.00% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.1 0.09% 100.00% iPhone OS v2.1.1 0.00% 99.91% iPhone OS v2.2 1.40% 99.91% iPhone OS v2.2.1 4.82% 98.51% iPhone OS v3.0 5.18% 93.68% iPhone OS v3.0.1 1.49% 88.51% iPhone OS v3.1 1.32% 87.02% iPhone OS v3.1.1 0.61% 85.70% iPhone OS v3.1.2 32.72% 85.09% iPhone OS v3.1.2 52.37% 52.37% For the month of March 2010 - it has been shown 77% of our users are iPhone users - and 23% are using the iPhone Touch. These numbers are consistent with previous reports that have been made. >> Mobile 1UP : DONATION BOX We have setup a "paypal" account to receive donations! If you want to contribute to the development effort or send through a quick donation there is now a button to do so on the home page - near the mailing list sign up box. Any proceeds will be of course appreciated and contributed to releasing more free games. >> FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS / TWITTER What are we working on? http://www.mobile1up.com/blog/ http://www.twitter.com/mobile1up/ Bookmark our development blog and sign up for our twitter feed - it is not possible to work on stuff every day; but, we do post a number of items when we get a chance. >> CLOSING NOTES A short, quick, newsletter - we love to hear suggestions on how to improve games; or even the "hey, you rock" emails if you are a huge fan of what we do. Thank you for your support! // Aaron Ardiri - Mobile 1UP http://www.mobile1up.com/ http://www.twitter.com/mobile1up/