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>> HAPPY 1 YEAR BIRTHDAY

Mobile 1UP entered into the iPhone / iPod Touch scene one year ago!
Over the year we have seen a market place grow - and users mature in
their purchasing decisions; but overall we see the platform as a 
keeper and we hope that it continues to improve and maintain its 
popularity - without you, the users - there would be no Mobile 1UP!

>> abiosis : chains : NEW GAME

- HISTORY - 
Chain Rxn was released for exactly six (6) days - before we received
a message from Apple with "zwigglers" claiming we were in breach of
copyright etc etc.. On many occasions before release - we tried to 
contact them - but, instead of responding and saying "no" they were 
secretly building their own version of the game. 

Mobile 1UP has since "updated" it's Chain Rxn variant - and put a 
new spin on the scoring to make it much more challenging! The cool 
space artwork is actually spray-paint art that we had made especially 
for this game! You can see a video preview and get the game on our 
website:

  http://www.mobile1up.com/abiosis/

The object of the game is to remove as many balls from the screen 
as possible by 'exploding' them; in a chain reaction. It is very 
important that you dont fail a mission - because you will be 
penalized 10% of your score! It is a very addictive game - why not 
give it a try?

>> 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 (2009-10)
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iPhone OS v2.0      0.00%  100.00%
iPhone OS v2.0.1    0.00%  100.00%
iPhone OS v2.0.2    0.14%  100.00%
iPhone OS v2.1      0.55%   99.86%
iPhone OS v2.1.1    0.55%   99.31%
iPhone OS v2.2      3.17%   98.76%
iPhone OS v2.2.1   14.34%   95.59%
iPhone OS v3.0     26.07%   81.24%
iPhone OS v3.0.1   12.55%   55.17%
iPhone OS v3.1     18.62%   42.62%
iPhone OS v3.1.1    6.62%   24.00%
iPhone OS v3.1.2   17.38%   17.38%

For the month of October 2009 - it has been shown 75% of our users 
are iPhone users - and 25% are using the iPhone Touch. What is also
interesting to see is that 95.59% of users are running v2.2.1 - and
only 81.24% are using v3.0 or later. A lot of developers are forcing
users to upgrade - but we'll continue to support v2.xx in the future.

>> 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/