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r u drunk CONTEST!!

If you don't mind, before I launch into the details of the r u drunk contest, I'd like to talk about r u drunk a little. Some of you probably may have been wondering what MobilityWare, the dominant developer of “traditional” casual games, is doing releasing an app called “r u drunk?”  Here at MobilityWare, we'd like to think of ourselves as a casual entertainment provider.  Sure, we’re best known for casual games like Solitaire and Blackjack, but we offer many others, such as Word Warp, Hangman, Word Search, Word Warp

Xtreme, and even Apple Tree.  Obviously, they're not all for people of the same age.  Different people have different views on entertainment.   Sometimes, the same people have different preferences of entertainment at different times.  r u drunk is an app that we created for one of those one of those different times.  We think it’s entertaining but we'd like to point out that we're certainly not advocating that anyone get drunk.  With the addition of new games within the app, we think people will want to play more often.  We also thought we’d have some fun and test the public's creativity.  

Therefore, to present r u drunk in a fun-filled entertaining manner,we'd like your help and imagination to help people become familiar with r u drunk.  Hopefully by now you guys have recovered from the weekend and we also hope that you got a chance to check out the r u drunk application.  In case you haven't because you didn't have the cash to buy it, or just been lazy to download the new FREE VERSION, we're offering you a chance to win an iTunes gift card that you can use to buy the r u drunk app and perhaps some other ones too!  All you need is to gather whatever brain cells you have left (I kid) and be a little creative!

Click past the jump to see the details of this contest!!

Another Solitaire Controversy!

Hey guys, it's the end of the week!  Before I wish you a happy weekend, I'd like to address several comments about our Solitaire application.  Recently, it has come to my attention that many people have been complaining about the application, specifically claiming that MobilityWare has made some changes so that it is harder for the player to win.

First off, we appreciate the feedback.  Otherwise, we don’t know what our users are thinking.  The comments and suggestions you guys leave us help guide us on where some problems might be and help us figure out how to improve our products.  Next, I'd like to reiterate (just like I have lots of time before), MobilityWare has never adjusted the difficulty in any of our games.  Like I've asked you guys before, why would we?  Do you think we get pleasure knowing that our customers are in fits trying to figure out how to win?  Yes, we do offer All Winner’s Solitaire in which every hand dealt can be won, but the code that deals the cards in Solitaire has not changed. 

R U Drunk?

Before you party hard to celebrate the end of the work week, I just wanted to let you know that MobilityWare has just released a new version of "R U Drunk."

This game was a big hit back in the day and we've brought it back along with two additional gameplay modes that will be driving people crazy (with excitement) and challenging their friends to see who's the most "drunk." It's a free upgrade to those who already have it, and it's cheaper than most drinks at Happy Hour!

So this weekend, gather your friends around, load up "R U Drunk" and let the good times roll! Try it and let us know what you think!!

iPhone 4?

So the big question today is, were you able to get a new iPhone? I'm sure there are more than a few of you out there already taking advantage of the new features the device has to offer.  Whether you've taken a picture of your iPhone box with the new 5 megapixel camera in order to upload it to Facebook to show off to your friends, taken a video of your dog running around and watched it in 720p quality, rotated your wrist so many times its sore because you wanted to test out the gyroscope feature, or asked on your Facebook who else has an iPhone so you can test out the new FaceTime feature.  Either way, I'm more than sure you're extremely happy with your new phone.

Word Warp in the Top 100!

So we've noticed that ever since we posted Caesar's incredible high score on Word Warp a couple weeks ago, we've been getting an increased number of downloads. Yes, Caesar's score of 11,788,530 is amazing to say the least, but we're also super stoked that Free Word Warp has climbed up to #18 on the Top 100 Free Apps on iTunes!

Click past the jump for some more Word Warp. 

MobilityWare Featured At WWDC!!!

Are you guys keeping up with the latest news at WWDC (Apple's World Wide Developer Conference)?   MobilityWare is in attendance, along with tons of other developers, eager to see what Steve Jobs has in store for Apple.

Can you imagine our excitement when we saw that we were featured at WWDC?

Click past the jump to see where!

New Word Warp High Score!!

Hello again everybody!  Hope you all have been well.  Looking forward to summer yet? 

Anyway, last month we started a gallery on our Word Warp Facebook page consisting of all of our user-submitted high scores for Word Warp, inviting everybody to send their high scores to us so that we could include everybody.  Also, people have always been wondering what the all time high score for Word Warp is.  For a long time, James Ryan, from Austin, Texas, was the current Word Warp champ with a score of 1,500,000 when he bested his previous high score of 1,000,000 points. 

That is, until Caesar Munene sent his high score in. 

Click past the jump to check out Caesar's unbelievable Word Warp score.

Exciting news!

It's fun to be recognized, even better when it's for a good thing. Yes, it's been a while since our last update, but we're back and it's nice to know that a lot of you guys haven’t forgotten about us! So 148Apps.com, a website dedicated to reviews and news regarding iPhone and iPod Touch applications, just came out with their 148 All Time Top iPhone Apps, and we're extremely excited! Why?

Games on the iPad?

So you didn't think with the iPad coming out, we would just kick back and see how it would revolutionize the world, did you?  Well I would certainly hope not!  Of course, we've been working feverishly for the past couple weeks cranking out some of our more popular apps to work for the iPad.  So you may or may not know that all games playable on the iPhone and the iPod touch will be playable on the iPad as well, but it may not look as good because it will be pixelated.

Therefore, it gives me great pleasure to announce that we will be releasing three apps just for the iPad, playable in HIGH DEFINITION on the beautiful 9.7 inch screen.

First, our wildly successful Solitaire game (the free version of which was most recently #3 on the App Store's Top 100 Free Apps) will be available!  Go get "Solitaire for iPad"

Second, our extremely popular Blackjack game (currently #1 on Apple's Top Free Apps in the Casino category) will also be available!  Check out "Blackjack for iPad"

Third, our Freecell game will also be available in high definition on the iPad's beautiful screen.  You can get "Freecell for iPad" also.
 

So when the iPad gets released tomorrow, make sure you swoop in on these apps!  Let us know what you think!

Solitaire!!

If you've checked the Top 100 Free Apps chart in the iTunes AppStore in the past couple days, you might have noticed an app that was slowly making its way up the charts.  This morning it was at #5.  Yes, it is our free Solitaire app, which slowly gained momentum at the beginning of the week before it shot up the charts!

I just wanted to take the time to thank all of you for supporting our app and getting Solitaire to break the Top 5!  When there are over 100,000 apps in the AppStore, all of your support is extremely appreciated and we absolutely could not have done it without you guys!

Here's a screenshot from AppShopper.com of how Solitaire has been doing recently.  As you can see, as of this morning, it's jumped seven spots up to #5.  How high do you think we can get it?

Let's get Solitaire to #1!!

iPad Madness!

So unless you have been living been under a rock in 2010, you have obviously heard of the iPad, Apple's first attempt at developing a tablet computer.  After months of speculation, Apple finally announced on January 27th, 2010 they were indeed going forward and releasing the iPad in a matter of months.

After Apple's announcement, they were immediately met with mixed reactions.  There were those who loved the gigantic interface and software and gushed over the possibilities of how applications, pictures, and videos,s would look on the iPad, while there were others who slammed the idea, calling it just a larger "iPhone or iPod touch," and criticized the lack of a webcam or Flash capability.

Last Friday on March 12th, 2010, Apple officially announced it would be taking preorders.   Needless to say, regardless of what kind of reception the iPad received when it was announced, it sure could sell.

On the first day of preorders, within a matter of two hours, 51,000 iPad orders were received.  In six hours, 90,000 iPad orders were received!  A blogger named Deagol who monitored some of the order numbers estimates that over 100,000 orders were received in the first ten hours!

Is it the very generous $499 price that's grabbing all these people's attention, or do people just want a piece of this revolutionary piece of technology?  Maybe a combination of both?  Are you going to get one?

Anyway, if you decide that a regular iPad isn’t for you, you could always settle for one of these.

Technology these days...

Technology is absolutely ridiculous these days.  I'm sure many of you have realized that already, especially in the past few years, with the introduction of tiny laptops, cell phones the size of credit cards, and electric sports cars.  Is there anything technology can't do?

It's scary to think that if somebody can think up an idea, then there's somebody else out there who has the resources to make it happen.

This past week, I stumbled upon a couple things that I found especially intriguing and to tell you the truth, a little frightening.

Death Spiral Launch Party Contest

Hey, I just wanted to fill you in on how our Death Spiral Launch Party Contest was coming along.  We saw that Word Warp Xtreme was a HIT at Macworld, and we invited all those who stopped by to check out the Launch Party contest.  I can already tell a lot of you have been practicing!

Talk about a terrific response.  We've had an overwhelming amount of entries and we absolutely love the turnout.  The competition is great and there's still a couple weeks still left to play!  It seems there are some very skilled Word Warp Xtreme players!

So remember, go download the latest version of Word Warp Xtreme (free), make an account through our Community (free again) and play the Death Spiral mode (also free…Xtreme!)  Your scores are automatically recorded and you can enter as much as you want, so hurry up and play!  For more info, go here

The contest ends on March 12 and we'll be announcing the winners on March 16 on our website, so stay tuned!

Our trip at Macworld 2010, complete with pictures!

So for the last month, you probably know we've been super busy here at MobilityWare getting ready for Macworld 2010.  In case you didn't know, Macworld is a gigantic convention held once a year in San Francisco that offers access to tons of different Mac products and services.  There's a ton of booths, demonstrations and programs there that are all somewhat related to Macs and electronics.  This year, they decided to devote an entire section to highlight the latest apps from iPhone and iPod touch developers, namely dubbed the Mobile Applications Showcase.  So we figured, what better way to showcase Word Warp Xtreme than to take it to Macworld, the one place where tons of people are looking for the latest great products for their Mac devices!

Click past the jump to read about our trip and check out some pictures!

Macworld 2010 Contest Winners!

Macworld 2010 was so much fun!  It was so great meeting everybody and I'm sure everybody had a blast.  We'll have a blog post recapping our trip really soon so check back later for that!

Anyway, our Macworld 2010 Word Warp Xtreme contest was a HIT!  Thanks to everybody who came and checked out the game, and it was extremely fun showing all you guys how the game worked and stuff.  Thanks also to everybody who took the time to enter in our Word Warp Xtreme contest!  We just posted the winners here, so go over and check it out!  Lots of people entered, but in the end, there was only one grand prize winner.  Congratulations to Ben Rice, who wins a brand new iPod touch!

We already sent emails out to the winners, so if you see your name on there but haven't received anything, send an email over to Marketing@MobilityWare.com right away!

Macworld 2010 and Contests!

Greetings from San Francisco!  We are currently getting situated at the Moscone Center, getting things set up and whatnot.  While we're here, I just wanted to let you know about some contests we're going to be running!

Click past the jump to read about two exciting contests we're having!!

Impressive!

Thank goodness it's Friday!  For the past couple weeks, we here at MobilityWare have been swamped with work and preparation for MacWorld 2010 and that's led to some long and stressful days, but we did receive an email this week from a guy who had something rather impressive to share.

James Ryan of Austin, TX notified us that he reached a score of 1,000,000 in Word Warp! Very impressive indeed, thank you for letting us know and congratulations on reaching that milestone, James! 

James also asked what the all-time high score might be.  We're curious too!

Click past the jump to read more! 

MacWorld 2010

Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that MobilityWare will be attending MacWorld 2010, on February 11-13, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.  If you didn't know, Macworld is the premier showcase of Apple products and related technologies, and is an absolute blast to attend.  One new feature that is being added to MacWorld this year is the Mobile Application Showcase, which is a special show floor area completely dedicated to iPhone apps, and you can definitely count on us being there!

Click past the jump to learn about our special Word Warp Xtreme contest held exclusively at MacWorld 2010!

Why Word Warp Xtreme is a NEW application!

Just to let you know, Word Warp Xtreme is NOT just an updated version of Word Warp.  We're sure we are going to be asked that question and the answer, like in many cases, while there are some trade-offs, we thought it would be better for most of our users.

First of all, remember, the existing Word Warp game that users currently have, will continue to function normally and users can still continue to play it if they choose.  However, if they want to take advantage of the new features that we've been talking about the past week or so, they are going to need to download the application we've been featuring, Word Warp Xtreme.

Click past the jump to learn more!