Talking Pals-Kooka is here

Today, we are happy to announce the release of our latest title ‘Talking pals-Kooka’ now available to download from App Store. In celebration of the launch and the Thanksgiving festival in U.S, we are also announcing a contest giving users a chance to win a $10 iTunes certificate and a promotional offer giving away our next game for free to every user. Both the promotion offer and the contest start from today and end by November 28, 2010 (CST). We will distribute 5 iTunes cards each day starting from November 24, 2010 to November 28, 2010 to 5 lucky winners and all the users who buy the app within this period are also eligible for the free app promotion. The user must fulfill the following conditions in order to be considered:

1) He/she must be a resident of U.S with a U.S app store account

2) The user is required to write a meaningful review of the game on App Store. The review must meet the following criterion:

o Meaningful review refers to the one that comments on ‘Talking Pals-Kooka’ on App Store. Any review not talking about the app or promoting another application would be automatically discarded.

3) The user is required to either like our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter

4) Email us at promotions (at) Softmines (dot) com with the following details:

o Your Facebook ID/URL or your Twitter ID/URL

o Your iTunes App Store nickname from which the review was posted

Drawing & Notification:

All the participants who have successfully completed the steps outlined above to enter this promotion offer will receive an confirmation email stating that they are entitled to receive one of our next app free whenever it gets released. In addition, they also automatically enter the contest for $10 iTunes gift certificates to be distributed daily during the contest period; 5 lucky winners will be decided on the basis of a random drawing done on U.S app store written reviews. Please note that the review date on iTunes will decide whether you are eligible for the day’s drawing.

Prizes:

Each of the winners will be awarded a $10 iTunes certificate distributed through email. Please note that it can take up to 15 days for you to receive your gift depending on the response of the contest.

Double Money Back Guarantee:

We have faith in our application and believe that all of our users would like our app equally. So, in order to show our faith, for the first time on App store, we are giving away double money back guarantee. If, for some reason, you are not satisfied with our app you are entitled to receive double the money you paid for it. This ensures that you don’t feel cheated and can buy our app with full confidence. In order to claim your money the user must do the following:

1) Send us your app store receipt (the one you receive from Apple showing that you have bought ‘Talking Pals-Kooka’) clearly showing your email address & the date of purchase. You can choose to hide your other details in the receipt by editing the image. This step is required so that we can verify that you are a legitimate buyer. Please note that the email address must be the same as the one from which you will contact us.

2) Email us at support (at) Softmines (dot) com stating your reason for dissatisfaction and what changes you would like in the app.

Limitations of Liability:

If for any reason this Contest is not capable of running as planned due to a lukewarm response, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Softmines which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Softmines reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest in whole or in part, at any time, without notice and award the prizes using all non-suspect eligible entries received as of or after (if applicable) the termination or suspension date.

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Softmines Begins

It all began with 2 people, myself and my friend Ankur Gupta belonging to two different professions (construction and real estate respectively) united together by a passion for business.

For the last 2 years we have been trying hard to amalgamate our creative ideas into a fruitful venture but on most of the occasions our ideas flowed into a possible venture related to IT. This is probably because of the fact that both of us are fascinated by the latest technology; be it hardware or software and moreover, Apple products, in particular, have changed the way we look at technology.

Then came iPhone in mid-2008 and suddenly both of us were filled with lust to have one, well, Ankur got it but I refrained. For one year I watched Ankur play with his most beloved gadget but somehow I didn't bend to it. The attraction towards the Jesus phone was immense and finally I caved in when iPhone 3G arrived along with the possibility to play hundreds of games on it.

As businessmen, the passion to play games should start eroding at our age but it got ignited with the advent of iPhone depicting its power as a revolutionary device. Looking at these games and other apps, our own app ideas started evolving and at one point of time our creativity and subsequent discussions got out of control. I mean, we were discussing at least 2 app ideas on a daily basis and the stories about gold rush for iPhone developers didn't help either.

But there was a flaw in these meticulous plans of ours, both of us were non-programmers and had very little knowledge about other aspects of game development. Somehow, this didn't hamper our spirits and as the days passed by we contemplated how to go about it. Subsequently, we hired a couple of programmers but sadly they turned out be duds. Furthermore, with the explosion of apps on app store our faith in this business model dwindled and by the time iPhone 3GS arrived, we had lost hope and passion to venture further in it.

So how did we end up with Softmines? Wait for the story till our next blog.

You must be wondering who am I? I am the CEO at Softmines....

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