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>> EFFEKTZ: FREE SCREENSAVERS

Mobile 1UP has put together a few pieces of old demo code we had stored
in our code archives - to create a free promotional download:

  http://www.mobile1up.com/effektz/

They are simple graphical effektz rendered in realtime; serve no major 
purpose but if you want to watch some cool computer effects or have a 
nice screen saver on your iphone/ipod touch - this download is for you.

>> COMPLETITION OF GW-SERIES 

To show our appreciation and mark the end of our "game and watch"
development focus, we have produced a bundled version of the 
gw-series games and made them available within one download package.

  http://www.mobile1up.com/gw-series/

gw-series includes:

    * gw-lab     : a remake of gw-egg
    * gw-monkey  : a remake of gw-chef
    * gw-escape  : a remake of gw-fire
    * gw-jetpack : a remake of gw-parachute
    * gw-monster : a remake of gw-octopus
    * gw-retreat : a remake of gw-helmet

They are identical to the standalone versions - yet available at
a discounted rate of $2.99 - which is effectively $0.49 each; a 
saving of 50% on the original applications.

>> SOFTWARE PIRACY

Software piracy is a big topic; how many users are actually 
paying for games and how many are illegally downloading them.
Mobile 1UP's - as part of the high score submission process 
has added the ability to track if the game is legit or pirated.

Mobile 1UP does not condone piracy.

Software Piracy
- 37% (previous 21%) Legit Users
- 63% (previous 79%) Pirate Users

The numbers have gotten better - but, 2 in 3 users are using
the games illegally; which is surprising since it is a $0.99
application most of the time :)

It is important to keep in mind that without supporting the 
developers - applications will not exist for the platform! 

>> 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. 

>> 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.

Device Types:
- 34% (35, 35, 37, 39 before) iPhone
- 66% (65, 65, 63, 61 before) iPod Touch

We are seeing the device distribution stabilize; which is 
quite interesting - are you running iPhone OS 3.0 yet? Our
games are fully compatible with the updated operating system.

>> 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/