It’s official – our Solitaire app has become the #1 app in the Cards and Casino category in the Android Market!  We’re extremely excited with this bit of news because it validates much of the hard work we’ve put in this past year.

Back in September when we released Solitaire over onto the Android Market, we were faced with the challenge of having to compete in a market that was completely new to us.  Even though we had the #1 Solitaire in the Apple App Store, we had not released an app on Android and we knew we would have to struggle to make Solitaire stand out from other apps in the Android Market.

Since the Android Market has been around since 2008, there are apps that are well-established from having been in the market for years ahead of us – some of which had tens of millions of downloads.  However, we were confident in our app and we believed our Solitaire had better graphics and gameplay than any other Solitaire app in the Android Market.  In order to gain visibility, we just had to let people see that!

Several months later, with the help of you guys downloading, playing, and reviewing our app, we noticed Solitaire began to gain momentum and had started to creep into the top apps in the Cards and Casino Category.  And, as of February 13, 2012, we are able to announce that our Solitaire is now the #1 app in the Cards and Casino category of the Android Market.

While we’re so proud of our accomplishment, we know we couldn’t have done it without you guys.  You guys are the ones who actually download and play our apps.  We completely understand that THE reason our app reached the top in its category is because you guys play it and embrace it.  We just wanted to say THANKS!

If you haven’t checked out Solitaire yet, get it from the Android Market for free HERE!

P.S. (oh and there’s our Spider Solitaire sliding in at the #7 spot!)

So looking at our Facebook comments recently, it seems that a lot of people love their Kindle Fire.  I think it’s safe to say that we’re just like you guys.  We ordered our Kindle Fire the first day Amazon allowed preorders and we couldn’t be happier with it.  Sure we still use our iPad, but our Kindle Fire is our go-to device for testing/playing Android apps.

Although the Kindle Fire initially got some unfavorable reviews, it seems that actual users of the tablet absolutely love it, mainly using the Kindle Fire to download e-books and play apps.

The Kindle Fire makes it so easy to download books/magazines to read on-the-go, and our Solitaire looks incredible on it!  For a low price of $199, we think it’s a great deal.

What do you use your Kindle Fire for?

So recently we’ve been doing a lot of talking about our Android Spider Solitaire app that’s currently being sold in the Amazon AppStore, but might I remind you about our Spider Solitaire app for the iPhone/iPad?  Yup, that same Spider Solitaire that’s currently the #1 Spider Solitaire in the Top Free Card Apps category in the iTunes App Store and is also being featured in the What’s Hot section by iTunes!

Recently, we released a giant update to our iOS Spider Solitaire app.  You know how in our Solitaire app, we have Winning Deals and Show Me How to Win?  Well now you can enjoy both on Spider Solitaire!  If you haven’t been introduced to these two amazing features, here’s a little rundown.
We used to get comments from players yelling at us for making the game harder in updates and they were adamant about us changing the game back to how it used to be – when we never, ever, touched the difficulty on any of our games!  Now, with this Winning Deals feature, the player can configure the game to deal Spider Solitaire hands that are guaranteed to have at least one winning solution!  What exactly does “at least one winning solution” mean?  It means that you will be dealt a deal that is what we call a “Winning Deal,” and it means that it is possible to win the deal and that people have won it before.  (Remember, we’re not guaranteeing you that you’re going to win the deal, we’re just giving you a deal that, if you make the right moves, you can win!)   You know you are playing a Winning Deal when you see the star icon in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.

You can choose being dealt a Winning Deal or a randomly shuffled deal when you push Play on the menu bar.

Okay, so I know your next question.  “Well what if I get a Winning Deal and I can’t figure out how to beat it?”  It’s alright, we’ve got you!  Just tap on the star icon in the menu bar and choose Show Me How to Win from the Winning Deal menu and the game will show you all the moves needed to win the deal.  It’s that easy!

(You will need a network connection in order for the Show Me How to Win feature to work.)

So I hope that enhances your Spider Solitaire experience on your iPhone/iPad!  Get it for free right here!

Let us know on Twitter what you guys think!

Happy holidays from MobilityWare!  It’s been a great year for us as we expanded our catalog to include apps on Android.  Also, it wasn’t long ago that we released Solitaire, FreeCell, and Spider Solitaire into the Amazon App Store, and we couldn’t be more excited to see that as of today, all three apps are 1, 2, and 3 in the card category!  What a way to end 2011!

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Remember, we love hearing back from you and we try really hard to get back to each and every one of you.   Thank you so much again, from all of us here at MobilityWare.

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Have a great and safe New Years!

So if you guys have been following us on Twitter (and if you aren’t, why not? Do it now!) you know that several weeks ago, we proudly released several MobilityWare apps in the Amazon Appstore.  So if you guys have an Android device, you can go get Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, and FreeCell for free from the Appstore!

In less than a month, our Solitaire app has rocketed up at the charts, settling into a comfortable #2 slot in the Top 100 Free apps yesterday, right behind the ever popular Angry Birds and among well known developers like Netflix and MapQuest.

We’d just like to say thanks to all of you guys who have downloaded our app from the Amazon Appstore.  It’s satisfying knowing that our hard work is paying off.

If you haven’t gotten a chance to get our apps from the Amazon Appstore yet, you can get them right here for free.

Solitaire

Spider Solitaire

FreeCell

Enjoy!

P.S. If you’ve gotten your Kindle Fire, how are you liking it?

So you had to figure that after we launched Solitaire on Android, you know we couldn’t stop there. And you know with today being Friday, we had to give you guys something to do over the weekend.

Well, let me be the first to tell you that MobilityWare is pleased to announce that Spider Solitaire AND FreeCell are now available on Android for FREE! So yes, just like Solitaire, the #1 free Spider Solitaire app on iPhone and the #1 free FreeCell app on iPhone are no longer limited to Apple devices – they can now be played on Android devices!

Here’s a video of Spider Solitaire on Android in action.

Here’s a video of FreeCell on Android in action.

Click past the jump to read more about the two releases as well as more screenshots.

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I’m sure we’re all slowly easing back into the work week, so I’ll keep things short and simple. Are you following us on Twitter?

We love hearing back from our fans, so if you’ve got something you’d like to share or just want to stop by and say hello, send us a tweet!!

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